| Contents |
The American lecture hall and an Anglo-American commons -- Britain and antislavery : Frederick Douglass's transatlantic rhetoric -- Britain as order : listening to Ralph Waldo Emerson's "England" -- Britain as prophecy : Horace Greeley, Horace Mann and the choreography of reform -- Britain and kinship : William Makepeace Thackeray as cultural commons -- Britain and wartime unity : Lola Montez and John B. Gough as cultural diplomats -- Epilogue. |
| Scope and content |
"Lecturing the Atlantic is a re-interpretation of the 'public lecture' as one of the most important cultural forms of the nineteenth century Anglo-American world. Wright shows how key figures including Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson and William Makepeace Thackeray used the lecture hall to explore Anglo-American relations and themes of progress and national identity"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016046058 |
| ISBN | 9780190496791 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
