The Negro in English Literature: A Critical IntroductionA. H. Stockwell, 1962 - 176 pages |
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Page 73
... Dying Negro " or " Dying African " poems appear frequently in the periodicals ; but one of the most famous of these dying " poems is Day's " The Dying Negro " . Of the poem , which appeared in its entirety in the Monthly Review , we are ...
... Dying Negro " or " Dying African " poems appear frequently in the periodicals ; but one of the most famous of these dying " poems is Day's " The Dying Negro " . Of the poem , which appeared in its entirety in the Monthly Review , we are ...
Page 91
... Dying " , " Lament " , or Complaint poems on the slavery theme . Most of these poems like Slavery " exhibit typical eighteenth century sensibility . The tragedies that may occur in the poems in no way seem epic or grand , rather they ...
... Dying " , " Lament " , or Complaint poems on the slavery theme . Most of these poems like Slavery " exhibit typical eighteenth century sensibility . The tragedies that may occur in the poems in no way seem epic or grand , rather they ...
Page 99
... Dying African " appeared in the Gentlemen's Magazine for 1791.72 This African recounts how he slaved for the luxury - loving white man and hoped that some noble white person would think on him and his poor black brethren : Stretched in ...
... Dying African " appeared in the Gentlemen's Magazine for 1791.72 This African recounts how he slaved for the luxury - loving white man and hoped that some noble white person would think on him and his poor black brethren : Stretched in ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Shakespeare and the Man of Colour | 23 |
The Negro and Colour in Poetry | 48 |
Copyright | |
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