Afterlife of John Brown

The Afterlife of John Brownexplores the impact of the uncompromising abolitionist John Brown since his execution in 1859. The essays in this collection examine this divisive figure, lauded as a principled hero and demonized as a home-grown terrorist. The essays trace his presence in a variety of narrative and artistic forms, including poetry, the visual arts, children's literature, biography, and political polemic. John Brown is a figure whose status within the cultural imagination of the United States has never been settled. This book is the first to explore the diversity of artistic response that such unsettling has evoked.Taylor, Andrew is the author of 'Afterlife of John Brown ', published 2005 under ISBN 9781403969927 and ISBN 1403969922.