Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (Penguin Classics)
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Book Description
Written partly in response to the criticisms of Uncle Tom's Cabin by both white Southerners and black abolitionists, Dred (1856) extends the plantation novel to examine, in the words of the author, "the views and reasonings of those who have bowed down to the yoke, and felt the iron enter their souls." Through the compelling stories of Nina Gordon, the mistress of a slave plantation, and Dred, a black revolutionary, Stowe brings to life conflicting beliefs about race, the institution of slavery, and the need for the radical action that erupted during the 1850s. Exploring the political and spiritual goals that fuel Dred's rebellion, she creates a figure far different from the acquiescent Christian martyr, Uncle Tom.
A bestseller in its day, and praised by many of Stowe's contemporaries including George Eliot, Dred deserves to be read in tandem with Uncle Tom's Cabin and for its compelling story.
About the Author
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was a novelist, essayist, and short-story writer deeply committed to abolitionism. She is best known for her first novel, the phenomenal bestseller Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Robert S. Levine is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English at the University of Maryland, College Park. His publications include Conspiracy and Romance, Martin Delaney, Frederick Douglass, and The Politics of Representative Identity.
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