Containing extracts from all the major Afro-British writers and many early Black American, West African and Caribbean writers who spent time in Britain, this anthology is a sparkling introduction to the rich tradition of Black British writing. A general introduction to the anthology discusses the be...

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Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh Edinburgh Univ. Pr. 1991
Series:	Early black writers
Subjects:	Geschichte 1700-1800 Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte 1760-1890 Littérature anglaise - 18e siècle - Histoire et critique Littérature anglaise - 19e siècle - Histoire et critique Littérature anglaise - Auteurs noirs - Histoire et critique Littérature anglaise - Auteurs noirs Blacks > Great Britain > Literary collections English literature > Black authors English literature > 18th century English literature > 19th century Schriftsteller Schwarze Literatur Englisch Großbritannien
Summary:	Containing extracts from all the major Afro-British writers and many early Black American, West African and Caribbean writers who spent time in Britain, this anthology is a sparkling introduction to the rich tradition of Black British writing. A general introduction to the anthology discusses the beginnings of Black literature in Britain during the period of Abolition. Each author in the anthology also has an individual introduction which briefly examines the author and the period in which he or she was writing, as well as the extract itself. The anthology is drawn from autobiographies, slave narratives, unpublished letters, oral accounts and public records, and represents the work of people such as Equiano, Cugoano, Sancho, Gronniosaw, Robert Wedderburn, James Africanus Horton, Mary Prince, Mary Seacole, Harriet Jacobus, Edward Wilmot Blyden and John E. Ocansey.
Item Description:	Literaturverz. S. 236 - 239
Physical Description:	XV, 239 S.
ISBN:	0748602674 0748603271