Versions of Blackness: Key Texts on Slavery from the Seventeenth CenturyDerek Hughes Aphra Behn's novel Oroonoko (1688) is one of the most widely studied works of seventeenth-century literature, because of its powerful representation of slavery and complex portrayal of ways in which differing races and cultures - European, Black African, and Native American - observe and misinterpret each other. This edition presents a new edition of Oroonoko, with unprecedentedly full and informative commentary, along with complete texts of three major British seventeenth-century works concerned with race and colonialism: Henry Neville's The Isle of Pines (1668), Behn's Abdelazer (1676), and Thomas Southerne's tragedy Oroonoko (1696). It combines these with a rich anthology of European discussions of slavery, racial difference, and colonial conquest from the mid-sixteenth century to the time of Behn's death. Many are taken from important works that have not hitherto been easily available, and the collection offers an unrivaled resource for studying the culture that produced Britain's first major fictions of slavery. |
Contents
6 | |
Section 2 | 29 |
Section 3 | 33 |
Section 4 | 115 |
Section 5 | 119 |
Section 6 | 191 |
Section 7 | 193 |
Section 8 | 198 |
Section 13 | 300 |
Section 14 | 307 |
Section 15 | 316 |
Section 16 | 322 |
Section 17 | 331 |
Section 18 | 339 |
Section 19 | 344 |
Section 20 | 349 |
Section 9 | 277 |
Section 10 | 285 |
Section 11 | 287 |
Section 12 | 295 |
Section 21 | 353 |
Section 22 | 360 |
Section 23 | 361 |
Section 24 | 368 |
Other editions - View all
Versions of Blackness: Key Texts on Slavery from the Seventeenth Century Derek Hughes No preview available - 2007 |
Versions of Blackness: Key Texts on Slavery from the Seventeenth Century Derek Hughes No preview available - 2007 |
Common terms and phrases
Abdelazer Aboan agen Allin Alonzo amongst Aphra Behn Arms Barbados Beast Beauty Behn Biet Blandford body brave Byam Cæsar Captain Cardinal Christian command cou'd Country cry'd Daniel dead death Elvira English Enter Exeunt Exit Eyes Father fear Florella France Equinoxiale Friend give Gods Governour hand happy hast hath hear Heart Heaven Honour Husband I'le Imoinda Indians Island Jack Stanmore kill kill'd King labour Lackitt Land Leonora Liberty live London Lord lov'd Love Lucy Madam marry Masters Mistress Moor Native Americans Nature Negro never night noble Oroonoko Osmin Otan Parham Philip Plantation Planters Prince Queen resolv'd Revenge Rochefort Roderigo Servants Ship shou'd sigh Sister Slaves soul Spain Spaniards speak Surinam Sword tell thee thing THOMAS THOROWGOOD thou thought took Trefry twas Welldon whilst Widow Wife Woman Women World wou’d wounds young Zarrack