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24 Jul 2024 Conversations with Tyler Alan Taylor on Revolutionary Ironies and the Continental Civil War
“If you want to understand sentimental culture of the 19th century, then you should read Uncle Tom’s Cabin because it’s very much pitched in that vein.”
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- 24 Jul 2024
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…How good a novel is Uncle Tom’s Cabin? We know it’s historically very, very important, but just to sit down and read it, what should someone today think about it? If you’re looking for a good read today, I would not recommend Uncle Tom’s Cabin. If you want to understand sentimental culture of the 19th century, then you should read Uncle Tom’s Cabin because it’s very much pitched in that vein. It’s a vein that most of us readers today just are not that interested in. Going back to the beginnings of your career, in which regards was Maine ever the frontier state of the northeast?…
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