Princes and Humble Friends: Representations of Africa and Africans in Eighteenth-century British LiteratureStanford University, 1991 - 236 pages |
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... novel . As a novel , Captain Singleton divides neatly into two halves : the first mainly describes the perils of the castaways ' African march ; the second recounts notable plunders of Singleton's pirate career and his eventual ...
... novel . As a novel , Captain Singleton divides neatly into two halves : the first mainly describes the perils of the castaways ' African march ; the second recounts notable plunders of Singleton's pirate career and his eventual ...
Page 49
... novel's African rituals appear in more direct , harsher light . Tense , bewildered , repulsed , Singleton offers at best a dim optique through which the reader can view the African ceremonies in the novel . Singleton's reading of the ...
... novel's African rituals appear in more direct , harsher light . Tense , bewildered , repulsed , Singleton offers at best a dim optique through which the reader can view the African ceremonies in the novel . Singleton's reading of the ...
Page 139
... novel . The African scenes are included in the only section of the novel during which the reader's concerns are reasonably alarmed . Mrs. Heartfree relates them to her husband as part of the adventures that befell her after Wild's ...
... novel . The African scenes are included in the only section of the novel during which the reader's concerns are reasonably alarmed . Mrs. Heartfree relates them to her husband as part of the adventures that befell her after Wild's ...
Contents
The Horridest Yell or Howling | 17 |
That Equal | 78 |
Firm Though Erring Zeal | 147 |
Copyright | |
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