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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies

Washington University in St. Louis

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2005

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Apocalyptic Empathy: A Parable Of Postmodern Sentimentality, Rebecca A. Wanzo Sep 2005

Apocalyptic Empathy: A Parable Of Postmodern Sentimentality, Rebecca A. Wanzo

Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Research

This essay analyzes the relationship between feelings and politics in Octavia E. Butler's novels "Parable of the Sower" and "Parable of the Talents." Comparison of the sentimentalism approach used by the author and Harriet Beecher Stowe in the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"; Characteristics of Butler's novels which are categorize as postmodernism; Significance of feeling of the novels' heroines to political activism.

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