The Poetry of Slavery: An Anglo-American Anthology, 1764-1865 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198187084 ISBN 13: 9780198187080

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2004

Synopsis

The Poetry of Slavery is the first book to collect the most important works of poetry generated by English and North American slavery. Mixing poetry by the major Anglo-American Romantic poets (Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Whittier, Longfellow, Lowell, Whitman, Melville, Dickinson) with curious, and sometimes brilliant verse by a range of now forgotten literary figures, the anthology is designed to aid students and teachers address the Anglo-American cultural inheritance of slavery.

About this title

About the Author:

Marcus Wood is a Reader in English and American Studies, University of Sussex.

Review:

'No doubt it will be invaluable to scholars for reference. But for the general reader it is as fascinating as it is thought-provoking, presenting new perspectives on a historical period. With concise but dense introductions to each poet, backed up by detailed and learned annotations of the works, Wood leads the reader to the heart of political debate... far-reaching and scholarly ... It does not matter if you don't think you know much about this part of our cultural inheritance. Read for a couple of hours and you will have felt and understood an awful lot.' Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times (Weekend Review)

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0198187084
• ISBN 13: 9780198187080
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 768
• Editor: Wood Marcus