the Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara and the Age of Transatlantic Emancipations

Séjour’s Drama of Emancipation

Despite the recent trend in American scholarship emphasizing the transnational and cross-cultural dimensions of American culture, Victor Séjour is rarely mentioned. Elèna Mortara’s Writing For Justice: Victor Séjour, the Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara in the Age of Transatlantic Emancipations addresses this gap.

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