TheCambridge Introduction to Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s life mirrored that of many other white, middle-class
women of her generation. But her highly productive writing career set her
apart in a number of ways.While other nineteenth-century American women
authors like CatharineMaria Sedgwick, Fanny Fern (Sara Parton) and Frances
Harper also had notable success, Stowe was unusual in the range of genres she
helped shape and

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (Bloom's Guides)Harriet Beecher Stowe's powerful antislavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin", published in 1851, caused an immediate sensation and sparked heated debate. This addition to the "Bloom's Guides" series examines the structure and characters of the novel and provides critical analysis. Essays discuss the novel as an agent of social change, fairness in the novel, the novel as an abolitionist tract, and more. An annotated bibliography and a listing of other works by the author complement the text.