The Devil, the Gargoyle, and the Buffoon: The Negro as Metaphor in Western LiteratureKennikat Press, 1971 - 185 pages |
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... responses to the idea of blackness in human form . First , we have the medieval - renaissance perspective ; second , there is the rediscovery between the late seventeenth through early nineteenth centuries ; and third , the response ...
... responses to the idea of blackness in human form . First , we have the medieval - renaissance perspective ; second , there is the rediscovery between the late seventeenth through early nineteenth centuries ; and third , the response ...
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... response in England was dramatic in genre and effect . George Peele's play was titled The Battel of Alcazar , fought in Barbarie , between Sebastian , King of Portugal and Abdelmelec . With death of Captain Stukely . The protagonist ...
... response in England was dramatic in genre and effect . George Peele's play was titled The Battel of Alcazar , fought in Barbarie , between Sebastian , King of Portugal and Abdelmelec . With death of Captain Stukely . The protagonist ...
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... response to the infant manifestation of blackness in human form . Aaron refuses to kill his blackamoor child and defiantly challenges the assumptions that make a positive esthetic and moral response to blackness impossible . " Zounds ...
... response to the infant manifestation of blackness in human form . Aaron refuses to kill his blackamoor child and defiantly challenges the assumptions that make a positive esthetic and moral response to blackness impossible . " Zounds ...
Contents
THE ENGLISH METAPHOR | 33 |
THE SPANISH METAPHOR | 66 |
THE FRENCH METAPHOR | 84 |
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