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Black metaphors : how modern racism emerged from medieval race-thinking /

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"This book's aim is to investigate the relationship between the idea of blackness and the notion of sinfulness in the literature and culture of the English Middle Ages, with influences from continental European texts as well. Though the main target of Black Metaphors is the Middle Ages, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whitaker, Cord J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
Edition:1st edition.
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Black in literature.
Black > Religious aspects.
Race in literature.
Race > Religious aspects.
Metaphor.
Race awareness > England > History > To 1500.
Racism > History > To 1500.
English literature > Middle English.
Race awareness.
Racism.
England.
To 1500
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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Summary:"This book's aim is to investigate the relationship between the idea of blackness and the notion of sinfulness in the literature and culture of the English Middle Ages, with influences from continental European texts as well. Though the main target of Black Metaphors is the Middle Ages, the book also asserts the profound implications of the historical nexus of blackness and sinfulness for modern life and culture"--
Physical Description:247 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812251586
081225158X