Episode 613: Harriet Beecher Stowe: Oldtown Folks (Part 3)

American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)

English - December 06, 2023 09:35 - 36 minutes - 38.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
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The middle sections of Harriet Beecher Stowe's OLDTOWN FOLKS (1869) explored education with intense focus and through multiple conversations. While repetitive, this section of the novel allowed Stowe to engage with the debates of her own time about education, making a case as persuasive as the one she made in UNCLE TOM'S CABIN about slavery.