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Plagiarama!: William Wells Brown and the Aesthetic of Attractions
Geoffrey Sanborn
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Description for Plagiarama!: William Wells Brown and the Aesthetic of Attractions
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
William Wells Brown (1814-1884) was a vocal abolitionist, a frequent antagonist of Frederick Douglass, and the author of Clotel, the first known novel by an African American. He was also an extensive plagiarist, copying at least 87,000 words from close to 300 texts. In this critical study of Brown's work and legacy, Geoffrey Sanborn offers a novel reading of the writer's plagiarism, arguing the act was a means of capitalizing on the energies of mass-cultural entertainments popularized by showmen such as P. T. Barnum. By creating the textual equivalent of a variety show, Brown animated antislavery discourse and evoked the ... Read more
William Wells Brown (1814-1884) was a vocal abolitionist, a frequent antagonist of Frederick Douglass, and the author of Clotel, the first known novel by an African American. He was also an extensive plagiarist, copying at least 87,000 words from close to 300 texts. In this critical study of Brown's work and legacy, Geoffrey Sanborn offers a novel reading of the writer's plagiarism, arguing the act was a means of capitalizing on the energies of mass-cultural entertainments popularized by showmen such as P. T. Barnum. By creating the textual equivalent of a variety show, Brown animated antislavery discourse and evoked the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231174428
SKU
V9780231174428
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About Geoffrey Sanborn
Geoffrey Sanborn is professor of English at Amherst College and has taught at Fairfield University, Williams College, and Bard College. His books include Whipscars and Tattoos: The Last of the Mohicans, Moby-Dick, and the Maori; The Sign of the Cannibal: Melville and the Making of a Postcolonial Reader; and, with Samuel Otter, Melville and Aesthetics.
Reviews for Plagiarama!: William Wells Brown and the Aesthetic of Attractions
This deftly researched and compellingly written account reminds the reader of [William Wells] Brown's power as a writer, and resituates him as both an important antiracist thinker in the Civil War era and a powerful writer who is part of the narrative of 19th-century American culture... Recommended. Choice Should stimulate much-needed discussion on plagiarism and originality, authorship and ethics. Times ... Read more