The Building of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Edwin Bruce Kirkham
333 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0870492055
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1977
In a careful reconstruction of the making of the novel, Professor Kirkham investigates its sources in political occurrences during the anti-slavery movement, social and family milieu, and publications of the early nineteenth century. Anecdotes, themes and styles through Stowe’s letters and earlier writings provide further insight.