Chapter IX. CONCLUSION: "WHO AIN'T A SLAVE?"

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. Chapter I. THE ANXIETY OF PERFORMANCE 3
5. Chapter II. THE HIGH PRIZE OF ELOQUENCE": EMERSON AS ORATOR 23
6. Chapter III. HE DID NOT FEEL HIMSELF EXCEPT IN OPPOSITION": THOREAU'S WALDEN 50
7. Chapter IV. MOTHERS, HUSBANDS, AND AN UNCLE: STOWE'S UNCLE TOM'S CABIN 74
8. Chapter V. THE DEMOCRATIC NONESUCH: SOUTHWESTERN HUMOR 90
9. Chapter VI. TO OPEN AN INTERCOURSE WITH THE WORLD": HAWTHORNE'S SCARLET LETTER 107
10. Chapter VII. "AT THE WRITER'S CONTROL": POE'S PSYCHOLOGY OF COMPOSITION 132
11. Chapter VIII. YOU MUST HAVE PLENTY OF SEA-ROOM TO TELL THE TRUTH IN": MELVILLE'S MOBY-DICK 152
12. Chapter IX. CONCLUSION: "WHO AIN'T A SLAVE?" 190
13. NOTES 203
14. INDEX 237