The Poetry of Slavery: An Anglo-American Anthology, 1764-1865: An Anglo-American Anthology 1764-1866 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198187092 ISBN 13: 9780198187097

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2004

Synopsis

This is the first book to collect the most important works of poetry generated by English and North American slavery. Mixing poetry by the major Anglo-American Romantic poets (Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Whittier, Longfellow, Lowell, Whitman, Melville, Dickinson) with curious, and sometimes brilliant verse by a range of now forgotten literary figures, the anthology is designed to aid students and teachers address the Anglo-American cultural inheritance of slavery.

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Review:

... far-reaching and scholarly ... It does not matter if you don't think you know much about this part of our cultural inheritance. Read for a couple of hours and you will have felt and understood an awful lot. (Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times (Weekend Review))

No doubt it will be invaluable to scholars for reference. But for the general reader it is as fascinating as it is thought-provoking, presenting new perspectives on a historical period. With concise but dense introductions to each poet, backed up by detailed and learned annotations of the works, Wood leads the reader to the heart of political debate. The horrors, injustices and outrages of slavery are presented with an emotional force, all the more powerful because this is not hindsight: this is how it was seen at the time. (Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times (Weekend Review))

Synopsis:

Collects the most important works of poetry generated by English and North American slavery. Mixing poetry by the major Anglo-American Romantic poets (Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Whittier, Longfellow, Lowell, Whitman, Melville, Dickinson) with curious, and sometimes brilliant verse by a range of now forgotten literary figures, the anthology is designed to aid students and teachers address the Anglo-American cultural inheritance of slavery.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0198187092
• ISBN 13: 9780198187097
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 768
• Editor: Wood Marcus