The antebellum white mistress : culpability and complexity in American women's retrospective fiction

This thesis examines the character of the white mistress in retrospective fiction- post hoc works that revisit the slave-narrative tradition to revise the story told about antebellum slavery in the Southern states of America. The figure of the white mistress has been at worst ignored and at best mar...

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Main Author: Robertson, Colleen
Published: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.556053