Fire on the water sailors, slaves, and insurrection in early American literature, 1789-1886 Sailors, slaves, and insurrection in early American literature, 1789-1886 Warren, Lenora creator author. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. pau 2019 2019 monographic eng print 169 pages ; 25 cm. "Lenora Warren tells a new story about the troubled history of abolition and slave violence by examining representations of shipboard mutiny and insurrection in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Anglo-American and American literature. Fire on the Water centers on five black sailors, whose experiences of slavery and insurrection either inspired or found resonance within fiction: Olaudah Equiano, Denmark Vesey, Joseph Cinque, Madison Washington, and Washington Goode. These stories of sailors, both real and fictional, reveal how the history of mutiny and insurrection is both shaped by, and resistant to, the prevailing abolitionist rhetoric surrounding the efficacy of armed rebellion as a response to slavery. Pairing well-known texts with lesser-known figures (Billy Budd and Washington Goode) and well-known figures with lesser-known texts (Denmark Vesey and the work of John Howison), this book reveals the richness of literary engagement with the politics of slave violence"-- Introduction -- 1. Witness to the Atrocities: Olaudah Equiano, Thomas Clarkson, and the Abolition of the Slave Trade -- 2. Denmark Vesey, John Howison, and Revolutionary Possibility -- 3. Joseph Cinque, The Amistad Mutiny and Revolutionary Whitewashing -- 4. The Black and White Sailor: Melville's Billy Budd, Sailor and the Case of Washington Goode -- Coda. Lenora Warren. Includes bibliographical references and index. American literature 19th century History and criticism Slavery in literature Slave insurrections in literature Antislavery movements in literature Abolitionists in literature English literature 18th century History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American Abolitionists in literature American literature Antislavery movements in literature English literature Slave insurrections in literature Slavery in literature 1700-1899 fast PS217.S55 W37 2019 810.9/35873 LIT004020 SOC054000 LIT004120 LIT004040 Transits (Bucknell University) 9781684480180 1684480183 9781684480173 1684480175 9781684480197 9781684480210 9781684480203 2018025926 DLC 180713 20191021074753.0 in00004073612 eng