Simms's last word on slavery: the racial politics of "Bald-Head Bill Bauldy" and "The Humours of the Manager"
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Two stories of William Gilmore Simms, "Bald-Head Bill Bauldy" and "The Humours of the Manager", which remained unpublished during his lifetime were finally printed in the Centennial Edition of the author's work in 1974. The abolitionist movement and its propaganda were the primary targets of the above latest works.
Publication Name: Southern Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0038-4496
Year: 2003
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Poe's female narrators
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Three of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories are presented by women narrators. "How to Write a Blackwood Article," "A Predicament," and "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade" are also unique in Poe's work by portraying sexual indulgence, lust, and dominant women.
Publication Name: Southern Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0038-4496
Year: 2001
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Copying what the master had written: Frederick Douglass's "The Heroic Slave" and the southern historical romance
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Frederick Douglass's novella "The Heroic Slave" argues for the abolition of slavery. Tradition and progress are bridged by linking the love of liberty to the need for all people to be free, endorsing slave rebellion as honorable.
Publication Name: Southern Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0038-4496
Year: 2000
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