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Uncle Tom's Cabin and Conventional Nineteenth-Century Domestic Ideology." Approaches to Teaching Stowe's
Uncle Tom's Cabin, edited by Elizabeth Ammons and Susan Belasco, The Modern Language Association of America, 2000, pp.
In our opinion, writing a comprehensive history of the reception of
Uncle Tom's Cabin is not a feasible task.
Consider, as well, the famous stanza from Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the American Republic," written in 1862, which cast the Civil War as a redemptive crusade to end slavery in America: "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free." In the same vein, Stowe's poem "Caste and Christ", published alongside
Uncle Tom's Cabin, concluded:
In Chapter 4, "Local Color and the Literary Imagination:
Uncle Tom's Cabin and Le Vieux Salomon," the author attempts to compare the two novels in the chapter title in order to show, ostensibly, how Testut inserted local color into his works.
The Norton Critical Edition of
Uncle Tom's Cabin. Edited by Elizabeth Ammons.
What: Playwright Robert Alexander's revisionist look at "
Uncle Tom's Cabin"
To impress visiting dignitaries, the palace puts on an Asian-style opera based around the anti-slavery story of
Uncle Tom's Cabin. It's an unexpected gem.
THE Top 10: Inventions, Ford Model T; Historical quotes, Martin Luther King; TV shows, The Simpsons; Design, Levi's jeans; Everyday products, Kellogg's cereal; Music, Michael Jackson's Thriller; Sporting moments, Jesse Owens; Movies, The Godfather 1 & 2; Books,
Uncle Tom's Cabin; Artist, Jackson Pollock.