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Daily Dreamtime (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Jefferson, Hemings, and a disclaimed lineage. by Jill Lepore September 22, 2008 For Annette Gordon-Reed, the real scandal wasn’t what Jefferson did; it was what historians did, in scanting the evidence for it. In 1852, when Harriet Beecher Stowe finished “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” she wrote to a congressman, Horace Mann, who happened to be Nathaniel Hawthorne’s brother-in-law, to beg a favor. Might he know...
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AFP Blog: Recent News of Note (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
USA: Women Moving Millions: "The great 19th century novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe once claimed, 'women are the real architects of society.' A century later, noted anthropologist Margaret Mead said, 'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.' Their words resonate for multitudes of women who have given
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The New Yorker - Arts and Culture (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
In 1852, when Harriet Beecher Stowe finished “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” she wrote to a congressman, Horace Mann, who happened to be Nathaniel Hawthorne’s brother-in-law, to beg a favor. Might he know how to get a copy of her book to Charles Dickens? “Were the subject any other I . . .
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Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Who is not intrigued by the beauty and energy of hummingbirds? In his recent book, A Summer of Hummingbirds, Christopher Benfey imagines a circular route of this amazing creature as it connects the genius of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade. This unusually creative theme beckons me to further study [...]
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
TO CALL somebody an Uncle Tom is a derogatory reference implying a black person has an unduly deferential and reverential attitude to white people. The expression derives from Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicted a faithful and dignified old black man called Uncle Tom. Black activists and human rights campaigners later argued that the story, or "Uncle Tomism" as it...
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The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
By Patrick Appel In a 1867 article, while arguing for international copyright laws, James Parton wrote about the impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin: Others talked about slavery; [Harriet Beecher Stowe] made us see it. She showed it to us in...
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Campaign for the American Reader (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
The current feature at the Page 99 Test: Christopher Benfey's A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade. About the book, from the publisher: A surprising and scandalous story of how the interaction within a group of exceptional and uniquely talented characters shaped and changed
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Bill Peschel (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
B orn today: Harriet Beecher Stowe, novelist, Litchfield, Conn., 1811; John Bartlett, lexicographer, Quote for the Day compiler, Plymouth, Mass., 1820; Jerzy Kosinski, author, Lodz, Poland, 1933; Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, book critic, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1934; John Edgar Wideman, novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, Washington, D.C, 1941; Carolyn Chute, novelist, Portland, Maine, 1947; Mona Simpson,...
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Leaning Towards the Dark Side (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe Well, I now understand why being called an “Uncle Tom” is such an insult. Tom is a pathetic figure, someone so convinced that it’ll be better in the “next world” that he merely reacts to this one and doesn’t try for a second to better his situation. [...]
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ximblr.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
The translation of the German newspaper headline is "Uncle Barack’s Cabin," a reference to the anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom’s Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe.The intention, I presume–as one who has covered German attitudes about the U.S.–is to say that that a President Obama would lead a racist nation.It’s a ham-handed attempt to slam America rather [...]
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aidan maconachy blog (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
A newspaper in Germany, Die Tageszeitung , has caused a bit of a stir by running a picture of the White House on its cover under the title "Uncle Barack's Cabin." The Uncle Barack reference is a play on "Uncle Tom's Cabin" - the title of the anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher-Stowe. "Uncle Tom," has come to be used as a put-down of African-Americans who are perceived as being too deferential to...
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Davos Newbies (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Thanks to Scott Hanson for pointing me to the German coverage of Die Tageszeitung’s astoundingly ill-judged headline. Here’s some of the Der Spiegel reporting (Die Tageszeitung is apparently known as Taz): The headline refers to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 anti-slavery novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which has become controversial due to its perceived stereotyping of African-Americans. The [...]
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Inherent Passion (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
“Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserved; it is life’s undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room, from which we go forth to more careful and guarded intercourse, leaving behind…cast-off and everyday clothing.” ~Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
A proposal to make the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick a part of the National Park System is gaining momentum in Congress.
