Liru Zhao, Tingting Xiao

Tingting Xiao

June 01, 2025

Racial discrimination, Slaves, The Civil War, Realism.

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was written by Mrs. Stowe (1811-1896) relating her own experiences, is a brilliant classic of realism. At first, it was published in installments on Nation Time in 1852. Immediately, this novel evoked a tremendous repercussion. Firstly, due to the author's ingenious and meticulous depiction of then events and characters, this novel revealed the tragic fate of the American Negro slaves. There is no exaggeration to say that, to some extent, this novel pushed forward the development of the Civil War indirectly. Secondly, in the 1850s of America, the publication of this novel proceeded profoundly to transform the then mainstream of literature from Romanticism to Realism. Thirdly, by analyzing this novel, readers can not only recognize the real situation of the discrimination and race persecution from which the Black suffered, but also get a panoramic revelation of the society before the Civil War. In addition, it merits great attentions of readers to learn and appreciate the realistic style of Mrs. Stowe.

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