TY - BOOK AU - Alexandra Griesing PY - 2013 CY - Hamburg, Germany PB - Anchor Academic Publishing SN - 9783954895342 TI - Harriet Beecher Stowe´s Uncle Tom´s Cabin: The Creation and influence of a masterpiece UR - https://m.anchor-publishing.com/document/287432 N2 - Harriet Beecher Stowe´s novel Uncle Tom´s Cabin, was one of the most controversial books, published in 1851/52 and put the debate on slavery more strongly in the center of public attention. It had great influence on other writers at that time. This paper deals with the writing and the publishing of Stowe´s masterpiece and the comparison with ist most popular stage adaptation by George L. Aiken. Similarities as well as differences will be presented as far as the structure, the characters and the themes are concerned. KW - Harriet Beecher, Uncle Tom's Cabin, slavery, George L. Aiken LA - English ER -