Invoking slavery in the eighteenth-century British imagination /
In the eighteenth century, literary representations of slavery encompassed a range of physical and metaphysical conditions beyond the transatlantic slave trade. Without eliding the real and important differences between slave systems operating in the Atlantic world, this collection is a starting poi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
[2013]
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| Series: | British literature in context in the long eighteenth century.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In the eighteenth century, literary representations of slavery encompassed a range of physical and metaphysical conditions beyond the transatlantic slave trade. Without eliding the real and important differences between slave systems operating in the Atlantic world, this collection is a starting point for understanding the manner in which slavery became a powerful rhetorical device for helping British audiences gain a new perspective on their own position with respect to their government and the global sphere. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781409469995 (electronic bk.) 1409469999 (electronic bk.) |