Race, Religion, and the Contradictions of Identity: Frederick Douglass Visits Rome in the Wake of Other Americans
Race, Religion, and the Contradictions of Identity: Frederick Douglass Visits Rome in the Wake of Other Americans
Author(s): Dorothy FigueiraSubject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: Frederick Douglass; slavery; Blacks; miscegenation; Rome; Protestantism; Catholicism; Grand Tour; Nativism; Racism; Italy; St. Peter
Summary/Abstract: This essay examines nineteenth-century literary responses to the perception of Roman Catholicism’s excess. It focuses on Frederick Douglass’s visit to Rome in 1887. Douglass, a former slave who had become a gifted writer and orator, visited Italy during a Grand Tour of the continent. In many respects, Douglass’s views of Italy, its culture and religon reflect that of other American intellectuals of his time. However, it also espresses his concern regarding race relations in the United States.
Journal: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 9-23
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English