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An Introduction to African and Afro-Diasporic Peoples and Influences in British Literature and Culture before the Industrial Revolution

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Jonathan Elmore

Jenni Halpin

Copyright Year: 2021

Publisher: University System of Georgia

Language: English

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Reviewed by Susan Carlson, Professor of English, Pittsburg State University on 1/18/23

The book provides excellent references to scholarly articles, books and primary sources on the creative work and life experiences of Black British people in England. It would be helpful to add a chronological list of Black British poets and... read more

Table of Contents

  • Reclamations Following a History of Exclusion
  • Imagining Africa: Entrenching Stereotypes
  • Race and Religion
  • Constructions of Race in Britain
  • An Interview with Josie Gill
  • An Interview with Angela F. Jacobs
  • An Interview with Miranda Kaufmann
  • An Interview with Onyeka Nubia
  • Brief Biographies of Black People in Britain

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  • About the Book

    Funded by the University System of Georgia’s “Affordable Learning Georgia” initiative, An Introduction to African and Afro-Diasporic Peoples and Influences in British Literature and Culture before the Industrial Revolution corrects, expands, and celebrates the presence of the African Diaspora in the study of British Literature, undoing some of the anti-Black history of British studies.

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    Jonathan Elmore

    Jenni Halpin

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