The Negro in English Literature: A Critical IntroductionA. H. Stockwell, 1962 - 176 pages |
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Page 76
... Cowper spent 66 eight hours of every day in Newton's company " 54 Newton thus was Cowper's constant companion and spiritual adviser until he removed to London in 1780.55 Newton also wrote " An Authentic Narrative of Some Interesting ...
... Cowper spent 66 eight hours of every day in Newton's company " 54 Newton thus was Cowper's constant companion and spiritual adviser until he removed to London in 1780.55 Newton also wrote " An Authentic Narrative of Some Interesting ...
Page 79
... Cowper seems to be speaking of the slave , and he feels it necessary to establish the fact that the slave is a human ... Cowper's later argument of the blood coursing through the veins is weaker , it seems , than the first since blood ...
... Cowper seems to be speaking of the slave , and he feels it necessary to establish the fact that the slave is a human ... Cowper's later argument of the blood coursing through the veins is weaker , it seems , than the first since blood ...
Page 86
... Cowper seems to be saying , is sharing in the profits of slavery while at the same time there are many of her people ... Cowper's humanitarianism shows that wit and humour were pos- sible in the poet , who otherwise seems calm , brooding ...
... Cowper seems to be saying , is sharing in the profits of slavery while at the same time there are many of her people ... Cowper's humanitarianism shows that wit and humour were pos- sible in the poet , who otherwise seems calm , brooding ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Shakespeare and the Man of Colour | 23 |
The Negro and Colour in Poetry | 48 |
Copyright | |
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