British Abolitionism And The Rhetoric Of Sensibility Writing Sentiment And Slavery 17601807 1st Edition Brycchan Carey Auth by Brycchan Carey (auth.) 9780230501621, 9781349523498, 0230501621, 1349523496 instant download after payment.

British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility argues that participants in the late eighteenth-century slavery debate developed a distinct sentimental rhetoric, using the language of the heart to powerful effect in the most important political and humanitarian battle of the time. Examining both familiar and unfamiliar texts, including poetry, novels, journalism, and political writing, Carey shows that salve-owners and abolitionists alike made strategic use of the rhetoric of sensibility in the hope of influencing a reading public thoroughly immersed in the 'cult of feeling'.