The Negro in English Literature: A Critical IntroductionA. H. Stockwell, 1962 - 176 pages |
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Page 68
... ideas , but some of the better poets take standard images or senti- ments and work them into true poetry . In keeping with the idea of primitivism and progress ( or the perfectability of mankind ) these poets usually first go from a ...
... ideas , but some of the better poets take standard images or senti- ments and work them into true poetry . In keeping with the idea of primitivism and progress ( or the perfectability of mankind ) these poets usually first go from a ...
Page 122
... idea of Africa as a place of paradisal bliss is a common theme in the slave poetry of the eighteenth century . The authoress tells us that these Negroes have a native justice which knows no fraud ; and they under- stand no vice except ...
... idea of Africa as a place of paradisal bliss is a common theme in the slave poetry of the eighteenth century . The authoress tells us that these Negroes have a native justice which knows no fraud ; and they under- stand no vice except ...
Page 129
... idea of his person , or even made the least inquiry about his name " . This last incident is rather minor , but it does reflect the general attitude towards not only the Negro but also ser- vants in general . The incidents herein ...
... idea of his person , or even made the least inquiry about his name " . This last incident is rather minor , but it does reflect the general attitude towards not only the Negro but also ser- vants in general . The incidents herein ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Shakespeare and the Man of Colour | 23 |
The Negro and Colour in Poetry | 48 |
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