A history of Black and Asian writing in Britain, 1700-2000 / C.L. Innes.
A history of Black and Asian writing in Britain, 1700-2000 / C.L. Innes.
A history of Black and Asian writing in Britain, 1700-2000 / C.L. Innes.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N820.9896/2
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English
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xxi, 308 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Chronological table of historical and literary events 1560-1960 -- 1. First encounters: the historical context -- 2. Eighteenth-century letters and narratives: Ignatius Sancho, Olaudah Equiano, and Dean Mahomed -- 3. Speaking truth for freedom and justice: Robert Wedderburn and Mary Prince -- 4. The...
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2002.
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"This is the first extended study of black and Asian writing in Britain over the last 250 years. Beginning with authors who arrived as immigrants or slaves in the mid eighteenth century, Lyn Innes includes a detailed discussion of works that were often enormously popular in their own time but are almost unknown to contemporary readers. Innes' fasci...
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A history of Black and Asian writing in Britain, 1700-2000 / C.L. Innes.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-300) and index.
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N820.9896/2
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74Vvl4DNKjdl
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0521643279
9780521643276
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820.9896041
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991017510689702626
