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Sharing the Thunder The Literary Exchanges of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Bibb, and Frederick Douglass
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Abstract
In an october 1852 number of Frederick Douglass’s Paper appears a book notice entitled “Stolen Thunder.” Briefly described therein is W. L. G. Smith’s Life at the South; or Uncle Tom’s Cabin as It Is, one of the many books that followed close upon Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel in an attempt to gain a corner of the market Uncle Tom’s Cabin had singlehandedly created. In regard to Smith’s book, “stolen thunder” has a double meaning, for, according to the reviewer, Smith is not just attempting to “make money out of the popularity of ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’” but also seeking “withal a little capital for the ‘patriarchal institution.’”
Title: Sharing the Thunder The Literary Exchanges of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Bibb, and Frederick Douglass
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Abstract
In an october 1852 number of Frederick Douglass’s Paper appears a book notice entitled “Stolen Thunder.
” Briefly described therein is W.
L.
G.
Smith’s Life at the South; or Uncle Tom’s Cabin as It Is, one of the many books that followed close upon Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel in an attempt to gain a corner of the market Uncle Tom’s Cabin had singlehandedly created.
In regard to Smith’s book, “stolen thunder” has a double meaning, for, according to the reviewer, Smith is not just attempting to “make money out of the popularity of ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’” but also seeking “withal a little capital for the ‘patriarchal institution.
’”.
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