Romanticism and Slave Narratives: Transatlantic Testimonies
by Helen Thomas
2021-01-09 23:24:42
Romanticism and Slave Narratives: Transatlantic Testimonies
by Helen Thomas
2021-01-09 23:24:42
Helen Thomas'' study opens a new avenue for Romanticism by exploring connections with literature produced by slaves, slave owners, abolitionists and radical dissenters between 1770 and 1830. In the first major attempt to relate canonical Romantic tex...
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Helen Thomas'' study opens a new avenue for Romanticism by exploring connections with literature produced by slaves, slave owners, abolitionists and radical dissenters between 1770 and 1830. In the first major attempt to relate canonical Romantic texts to writings of the African diaspora, she investigates English literary Romanticism in the context of a transatlantic culture, and African culture in the context of eighteenth-century Britain. In so doing, she reveals an intertextual dialogue between two diverse yet equally rich cultural spheres, and their corresponding systems of thought, epistemology and expression.
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