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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198187092 ISBN 13: 9780198187097

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2004

Synopsis

This 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:

"The author displays his vast knowledge of slavery literature on every page of this fascinating, horrifying, necessary collection; he provides a set of general introductions, plus copious and extremely useful introductions and biographical information for every poet, notes for virtually every obscure reference, and a chronology of the period's slavery 'events'.... In short, he has assembled a monumental, wide-ranging, deeply informative, even moving volume. Essential."--Choice

"A truly valuable collection of poetry relating to slavery both in Britain and the United States, many of the verses culled from obscure sources."--Studies in English Literature 1500-1900

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0198187092
• ISBN 13: 9780198187097
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 768
• Editor: Wood Marcus