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Full-Text Articles in English Language and Literature
The Burdens And Blessings Of Responsibility: Duty And Community In Nineteenth- Century America, Leslie Leonard
The Burdens And Blessings Of Responsibility: Duty And Community In Nineteenth- Century America, Leslie Leonard
Doctoral Dissertations
The Burdens of Responsibility traces the emergence of moral responsibility as both a concept and problem in the nineteenth-century United States. Drawing on a range of sources –works of literature, philosophy, domestic manuals, newspaper archives – I show how many Americans began to conceive of moral responsibility as distinct from both duty and rules of behavior prescribed by traditional social roles. Although ethicists today take this distinction for granted, it was an emergent and problematic space in the nineteenth-century United States, brought into being by historical forces, including the rise of market capitalism, abolition, changing women’s roles, and increasing concern …
Unmasking Polly: Race And Disguise In Eighteenth-Century Plantation Space, Kristen Hanley Cardozo
Unmasking Polly: Race And Disguise In Eighteenth-Century Plantation Space, Kristen Hanley Cardozo
ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830
John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera has influenced popular culture since its debut. Its 1729 sequel, Polly, has been understudied by literary critics, perhaps because of its suppression in Gay’s lifetime. However, Polly offers scholars new views on British imperialism before an active abolition movement in Britain. Gay confronts the evils of colonialism through his theatrical use of disguise. While other Caribbean plays of the period allow white characters to reinvent themselves abroad, in Polly disguise only intensifies the self, while the higher stakes of plantation space are where the characters meet the fates originally designated for them in The …
Entry Nr. 031 Un-Named African Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 031 Un-Named African Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 034 Bartholomäus, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 034 Bartholomäus, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 032 Un-Named African Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 032 Un-Named African Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 038 Un-Named Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 038 Un-Named Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 043 Un-Named Brother Of The Amina King, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 043 Un-Named Brother Of The Amina King, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 037 Un-Named Fula Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 037 Un-Named Fula Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 042 Un-Named Amina Merchant, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 042 Un-Named Amina Merchant, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
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Entry Nr. 040 Sanjam Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 040 Sanjam Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
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Entry Nr. 039 Un-Named Mangree Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 039 Un-Named Mangree Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 052 Un-Named Tembu (Or Temba) Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 052 Un-Named Tembu (Or Temba) Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 047 Un-Named Akropon Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 047 Un-Named Akropon Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
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Entry Nr. 045 Un-Named Amina Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 045 Un-Named Amina Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
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Entry Nr. 046 Un-Named Akyem Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 046 Un-Named Akyem Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
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Entry Nr. 048 Un-Named Okwa Or Okoi Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 048 Un-Named Okwa Or Okoi Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 051 Un-Named Tembu (Or Temba) Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 051 Un-Named Tembu (Or Temba) Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 053 Un-Named Tembu (Or Temba) Merchant, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 053 Un-Named Tembu (Or Temba) Merchant, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 054 Un-Named Tchamba Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 054 Un-Named Tchamba Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
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Entry Nr. 055 First Un-Named Sokko Or Asokko Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 055 First Un-Named Sokko Or Asokko Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
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Entry Nr. 056 Second Un-Named Sokko Or Asokko Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 056 Second Un-Named Sokko Or Asokko Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
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Entry Nr. 060 Third Un-Named Pappa (Popo) Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 060 Third Un-Named Pappa (Popo) Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
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Entry Nr. 058 First Un-Named Pappa (Popo) Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 058 First Un-Named Pappa (Popo) Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 062 First Un-Named Watje Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 062 First Un-Named Watje Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 063 Second Un-Named Watje Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 063 Second Un-Named Watje Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 061 Un-Named Allada Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 061 Un-Named Allada Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
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Entry Nr. 064 First Un-Named Watje Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 064 First Un-Named Watje Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 067 Un-Named Atja Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 067 Un-Named Atja Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 068 Un-Named Wawu Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 068 Un-Named Wawu Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.
Entry Nr. 069 Un-Named Wawu Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
Entry Nr. 069 Un-Named Wawu Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd
500 African Voices
No abstract provided.