The Discourse of Slavery
From Aphra Behn to Toni Morrison
Published on 12. May 1994
Book
Hardback
251 pages
978-0-415-08151-1 (ISBN)
Description
"The Discourse of Slavery" is a collection of essays addressing the issue of slavery within literary, cultural and political writings. Slavery is here examined critically within both British and American contexts, and related to contemporary concerns connected with race and gender. Writers discussed include: Aphra Behn, William Blake, Mary Wollstonecraft, Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell, Toni Morrison, William Faulkner, Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Frederick Douglass.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
3 b&w prints, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-08151-1 (9780415081511)
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Content
1. Looks That Kill - Violence and Representation In Aphra Behn's "Oronoko", Anne Fogarty 2. Sex, Slavery and Rights in Mary Wollstonecraft's "Vindications", Jane Moore 3. That Mild Beam - Enlightenment and Enslavement in William Blake's "Visions of the Daughters of Albion", Steven Vine 4. Silent Revolt - Slavery and the Politics of Metaphor in "Jane Eyre", Carl Plasa 5. Anglo-American Connections - Elizabeth Gaskell, Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Iron of Slavery, Elizabeth Jean Sabiston 6. Painting by Numbers - Figuring Frederick Douglass, Betty J.Ring 7. Perilous Passages in Harriet Jacobs's "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", Jon Hauss 8. The Irony of Idealism - William Faulkner and the South's Construction of the Mulatto, David Lawrence Rogers 9. Prophesying Bodies - Calling for a Politics of Collectivity in Toni Morrison's "Beloved Notes on Contributors".