The Daughter of Adoption: A Tale of Modern Times (Broadview Editions) - Softcover

John Thelwall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554810639 ISBN 13: 9781554810635

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2013

Synopsis

John Thelwall’s The Daughter of Adoption: A Tale of Modern Times is a witty and wide-ranging work in which the picaresque and sentimental novel of the eighteenth century confronts the revolutionary ideas and forms of the Romantic period. Thelwall puts his two main characters, the conflicted English gentleman Henry Montfort and the Creole Seraphina Parkinson, through their paces in a slave rebellion in Haiti, where they barely escape with their lives, and in London society, where Henry almost loses his soul. Combining political analysis with melodrama and flat-out farce, Daughter expands the scope of the abolitionist novel, pushing the argument beyond the slave trade to challenge empire and racial superiority.

Historical materials on Thelwall’s life, the abolitionist movement, and eighteenth-century educational theories provide a detailed context for the novel.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Scrivener is Professor of English at Wayne State University.

Yasmin Solomonescu is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame.

Judith Thompson is Professor of English at Dalhousie University.

From the Back Cover

John Thelwall's The Daughter of Adoption: A Tale of Modern Times is a witty and wide-ranging work in which the picaresque and sentimental novel of the eighteenth century confronts the revolutionary ideas and forms of the Romantic period. Thelwall puts his two main characters, the conflicted English gentleman Henry Montfort and the Creole Seraphina Parkinson, through their paces in a slave rebellion in Haiti, where they barely escape with their lives, and in London society, where Henry almost loses his soul. Combining political analysis with melodrama and flat-out farce, Daughter expands the scope of the abolitionist novel, pushing the argument beyond the slave trade to challenge empire and racial superiority.

Historical materials on Thelwall's life, the abolitionist movement, and eighteenth-century educational theories provide a detailed context for the novel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554810639
• ISBN 13: 9781554810635
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 550