The Negro in English Literature: A Critical IntroductionA. H. Stockwell, 1962 - 176 pages |
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Page 68
... poetry expresses any new 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 ...
... poetry expresses any new 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 ...
Page 69
... poetry of the latter part of the century which treated the problem of the Negro . Except for James Grainger's The Sugar Cane , there seems to be little or no pro - slavery poetry . Thus the sentimental and humanitarian fluid seemed to ...
... poetry of the latter part of the century which treated the problem of the Negro . Except for James Grainger's The Sugar Cane , there seems to be little or no pro - slavery poetry . Thus the sentimental and humanitarian fluid seemed to ...
Page 75
... poetry of the early part of the century . IV The years between 1780-99 seem to be the bumper- crop years for slave poetry . It was during these years that poets such as Pratt , Roscoe , Burns , Cowper , Blake , and others wrote their ...
... poetry of the early part of the century . IV The years between 1780-99 seem to be the bumper- crop years for slave poetry . It was during these years that poets such as Pratt , Roscoe , Burns , Cowper , Blake , and others wrote their ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Shakespeare and the Man of Colour | 23 |
The Negro and Colour in Poetry | 48 |
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