Book contents
- African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850
- African American Literature in Transition
- African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology, 1830–1850
- Introduction
- Part I Local Transitions
- Part II National Transitions
- Part III Transnational Transitions
- Chapter 8 Cosmopolitanism, Character, and the Theories of Early African American Literature
- Chapter 9 Race, Slavery, and Emigration in Black Women’s Life Writing
- Chapter 10 The Impact of West Indian Emancipation on African American Poetry
- Chapter 11 La Escalera, Sentiment, and Revolution in the Nineteenth-Century Novel
- Chapter 12 Europe, Mexico, and the African American 1848
- Chapter 13 Frederick Douglass, the Irish Famine, and the Lessons of Environmental History
- Index
Chapter 13 - Frederick Douglass, the Irish Famine, and the Lessons of Environmental History
from Part III - Transnational Transitions
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Book contents
- African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850
- African American Literature in Transition
- African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology, 1830–1850
- Introduction
- Part I Local Transitions
- Part II National Transitions
- Part III Transnational Transitions
- Chapter 8 Cosmopolitanism, Character, and the Theories of Early African American Literature
- Chapter 9 Race, Slavery, and Emigration in Black Women’s Life Writing
- Chapter 10 The Impact of West Indian Emancipation on African American Poetry
- Chapter 11 La Escalera, Sentiment, and Revolution in the Nineteenth-Century Novel
- Chapter 12 Europe, Mexico, and the African American 1848
- Chapter 13 Frederick Douglass, the Irish Famine, and the Lessons of Environmental History
- Index
Summary
This chapter reads Frederick Douglass’s writings from the 1840s and 1850s in light of the Irish Famine. In addition to providing a fresh perspective on Douglass’s writings and situating the theme of hunger at the center of his work, Finseth offers an elegant example of how environmental history intersects with African American literature.
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- African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850 , pp. 290 - 310Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021