Hart From Shakespeare to Obama

A Study in Language, Slavery and Place
2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-37582-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 255 Seiten, eBook

From Shakespeare to Obama discusses language, slavery, and place from the Portuguese enslavement of African people, through slavery in Shakespeare's plays, to President Obama's 2012 speech on "modern slavery." Balancing close reading with context, this expansive book offers new insight into questions of otherness, rhetoric, and stereotyping.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hart, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Slavery 3. Shakespeare's Sonnets 4. Shakespeare's Dramatic Time 5. Ralegh, England, America and the World 6. Vision 7. Theory 8. Eco, Story and History 9. Vassanji, Africa and America 10. Obama, America and Africa 11. Obama and Slavery 12. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan Hart is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Alberta, Canada. He has published ten books with Palgrave Macmillan, most recently, Textual Imitation (2012), Literature, Theory, History (2011); Shakespeare and His Contemporaries (2011); and Shakespeare: Poetry, History and Culture (2009). He is also a poet and his most recent works are Dreamwork (2010) and Musing (2011), a book of sonnets. He has held visiting appointments at the University of Toronto, Harvard University, University of Cambridge, Princeton University, and the Sorbonne-Nouvelle (Paris III).