Princes and Humble Friends: Representations of Africa and Africans in Eighteenth-century British LiteratureStanford University, 1991 - 236 pages |
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Page 139
... Heartfree describes the chief's nose ring as " somewhat resembling that we ring our pigs with . " Because he includes no model of what an African community should look like , Fielding cannot juxtapose the normal and the absurd and thus ...
... Heartfree describes the chief's nose ring as " somewhat resembling that we ring our pigs with . " Because he includes no model of what an African community should look like , Fielding cannot juxtapose the normal and the absurd and thus ...
Page 146
... anti - slavery advocates as much as he is trying to further his derision of the Great Man idea , bring Jonathan Wild to justice , and reunite Mrs. Heartfree with her husband and family . FIRM , THOUGH ERRING ZEAL They go up at a 146.
... anti - slavery advocates as much as he is trying to further his derision of the Great Man idea , bring Jonathan Wild to justice , and reunite Mrs. Heartfree with her husband and family . FIRM , THOUGH ERRING ZEAL They go up at a 146.
Page 149
... Heartfree , has a far easier time adjusting to Africa than Owen or any other real person could . After she refuses the village chief's romantic address , Mrs. Heartfree is allowed by the black characters a private space for the duration ...
... Heartfree , has a far easier time adjusting to Africa than Owen or any other real person could . After she refuses the village chief's romantic address , Mrs. Heartfree is allowed by the black characters a private space for the duration ...
Contents
The Horridest Yell or Howling | 17 |
That Equal | 78 |
Firm Though Erring Zeal | 147 |
Copyright | |
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