The Negro in English Literature: A Critical IntroductionA. H. Stockwell, 1962 - 176 pages |
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Page 13
... writer , more- over , decided not to consider the twentieth century except for such major writers as Joseph Conrad and a few others . Interestingly , the Negro seems to come in for greater treatment in the poetry , rather than in the ...
... writer , more- over , decided not to consider the twentieth century except for such major writers as Joseph Conrad and a few others . Interestingly , the Negro seems to come in for greater treatment in the poetry , rather than in the ...
Page 17
... writers were primarily concerned with colour , rather than race ; and it is inexcusable to think that every time a writer used the word black he was referring to a black person or a Negro . As we see in Othello , the Moor Shake- speare ...
... writers were primarily concerned with colour , rather than race ; and it is inexcusable to think that every time a writer used the word black he was referring to a black person or a Negro . As we see in Othello , the Moor Shake- speare ...
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... writers often avoided a discussion of the physical make- up of the Negro , though most had something to say about his colour . Indeed , most of the writers by indirection con- ceded that he was ugly ; but the list of attributes assigned ...
... writers often avoided a discussion of the physical make- up of the Negro , though most had something to say about his colour . Indeed , most of the writers by indirection con- ceded that he was ugly ; but the list of attributes assigned ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Shakespeare and the Man of Colour | 23 |
The Negro and Colour in Poetry | 48 |
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