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Author

Woodard, Helena, 1953-

Title African-British writings in the eighteenth century : the politics of race and reason / Helena Woodard.

Imprint

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	820.9358 W85a	---	Available

Description	xxiii, 180 p. ; 25 cm.
Series	Contributions to the study of world literature, 0738-9345 ; no. 94
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-171) and index.
Contents	Reading Pope/reasoning race : Enlightenment humanism and the Chain's discursive legacy -- Ukawsaw Gronniosaw and Ottobah Cugoano : perspectives on a theological chain -- Ignatius Sancho and Laurence Sterne : The measure of benevolence and the "Cult of Sensibility" -- Dampier's Hottentots, Swift's Yahoos, and Equiano's Ibos : imagining Blackness in a colonialist discourse -- Reading The history of Mary Prince : the politics of race and gender.
Subject	English literature -- African influences.
	African literature (English) -- Black authors -- History and criticism.
	Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
	English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
	Africans -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
	Africans in literature.
	Blacks in literature.
	Reason in literature.
	Race in literature.
	Africa -- In literature.
ISBN	031330680X (alk. paper)