Reading the old man : John Brown in American culture

Reading the old man : John Brown in American culture / Bruce A. Ronda.

Author/creator	Ronda, Bruce A.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2008.
Description	xxii, 218 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Brown, John, 1800-1859--In literature. Brown, John, 1800-1859--Art. Brown, John, 1800-1859--Influence. American literature--History and criticism. Art, American--History. Art criticism--United States. Abolitionists--United States --Biography --Miscellanea.

Contents	Thoreau's "A plea for Captain John Brown" : shaping the literary image -- Whittier and Melville -- The autobiographical impulse : Dana, Douglass, and Howells -- Madman, traitor, incendiary, monomaniac : Warren and others -- Robinson, Masters, and Benet -- John Brown in the thirties -- Truman Nelson -- From W.E.B. Du Bois to Michael Harper -- Olds, Cliff, and Banks : contemporary novelists on John Brown.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-213) and index.
LCCN	2007043792
ISBN	9781572336209 (hardcover)
ISBN	157233620X (hardcover)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E 451 .R73 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold