Black Writers in Britain, 1760-1890 by Paul Edwards

Black Writers in Britain, 1760-1890 by Paul Edwards

Extracts from the work of 19 Afro-British, Black American, and Caribbean writers who spent time in Britain during the period. They are drawn from autobiographies, slave narratives, unpublished letters, oral accounts, and public records. Includes a general introduction and an introduction to each writer.

Gives ample evidence that some victims of the exploitation Conrad explored in Heart of Darkness needed nobody to writefor them, were listened to in their own time and can be heard nowAn admirable book ... the biographical and textual notes are excellent and the bibliography is ample and annotated. Gives ample evidence that some victims of the exploitation Conrad explored in Heart of Darkness needed nobody to writefor them, were listened to in their own time and can be heard now. An admirable book ... the biographical and textual notes are excellent and the bibliography is ample and annotated.

David Dabydeen is the director of the University of Warwick's Institute for Caribbean Studies. He was born in Guyana but has spent most of his life in the United Kingdom. He is the author of the novels The Intended, Disappearance, The Counting House, and A Harlot's Progress, as well as two previous collections of poetry, Slave Song and Coolie Odyssey, which won the Commonwealth Poetry Award. He is regarded as one of the best writers in the United Kingdom. He's also the author of Hogarth's Blacks: Visions of Blacks in 18th Century English Painting, The Counting House, and A Harlot's Progress.

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ISBN 13	9780748603275
ISBN 10	0748603271
Title	Black Writers in Britain, 1760-1890
Author	Paul Edwards
Series	Early Black Writers
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Edinburgh University Press
Year published	1991-08-15
Number of pages	256
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