Yvian, I warned against granting near-thought virtues to fictional detail here. I doubt Uncle Tom’s cabin would have persuaded many slave holders against slavery; I expect well-written well-recommended anti-slavery fiction more served to signal to readers where fashionable opinion was moving.
Yvian, I warned against granting near-thought virtues to fictional detail here. I doubt Uncle Tom’s cabin would have persuaded many slave holders against slavery; I expect well-written well-recommended anti-slavery fiction more served to signal to readers where fashionable opinion was moving.