Title: Douglass and Melville : anchored together in neighborly style /
Authors: Wallace, Robert K.
Publisher: Spinner Publications,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Melville, Herman, Political and social views.; Douglass, Frederick, Contemporaries.; Douglass, Frederick, Influence.; Literature and society United States History; African American abolitionists Biography; Abolitionists United States Biography; Race relations in literature.; Race in literature.
Abstract: " ... Two great American writers who came from worlds apart but who found common ground in their thoughts on the human condition and the turbulent political arena of their time. Their writings-dealing with issues such as slavery, abolition, equality, and freedom-have been scrutinized by students and academics for 150 years. Now author Robert K. Wallace provides a fresh approach to understanding and appreciating the lives, writings, and legacies of these two contemporary American thinkers by following their parallel footsteps through New Bedford, Albany, and New York. Book jacket."--Jacket.