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UNCLE TOM?S CABIN IBD

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
LES PRAIRIES NUMéRIQUES
07 / 2020
9782491251529
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Sinopsis

Uncle TomâÇÖs Cabin, or, Life Among the Lowlyáis anáanti-slaveryánovel byáAmerican authoráHarriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans andáslaveryáin the U.S. and is said to have 'helped lay the groundwork for theáCivil War'.Stowe, aáConnecticut-born teacher at theáHartford Female Seminaryáand an activeáabolitionist, featured the character of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering blackáslaveáaround whom the stories of other characters revolve. Theásentimental noveládepicts the reality of slavery while also asserting thatáChristian loveácan overcome something as destructive as enslavement of fellow human beings.Uncle TomâÇÖs Cabináwas the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible.It is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s.[9]áIn the first year after it was published, 300,000 copies of the book were sold in the United States, one million copies in Great Britain.áIn 1855, three years after it was published, it was called 'the most popular novel of our day.'áThe impact attributed to the book is great, reinforced by a story that whenáAbraham Lincolnámet Stowe at the start of theáCivil War, Lincoln declared, 'So this is the little lady who started this great war.'The quote isáapocryphal, it did not appear in print until 1896, and it has been argued that 'The long-term durability of LincolnâÇÖs greeting as an anecdote in literary studies and Stowe scholarship can perhaps be explained in part by the desire among many contemporary intellectuals ... to affirm the role of literature as an agent of social change.'The book and the plays it inspired helped popularize a number ofástereotypesáaboutáblack people.áThese include the affectionate, dark-skinned 'mammy', the 'pickaninny' stereotype of black children, and the 'Uncle Tom', or dutiful, long-suffering servant faithful to his white master or mistress. In recent years, the negative associations witháUncle TomâÇÖs Cabináhave, to an extent, overshadowed the historical impact of the book as a 'vital antislavery tool.'

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