African-British writings in the eighteenth century :
[Book]
the politics of race and reason /
Helena Woodard.
Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
1999.
1 online resource (xxiii, 180 pages)
Contributions to the study of world literature,
no. 94
0738-9345 ;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-171) and index.
The eighteenth century was a time of great cultural change in Britain. It was a period marked by expeditions to the New World, Africa, and the Orient, and these voyages were reflected in the travel literature of the era. It was also a period in which seventeenth-century empiricism and the scientific method became dominant, and in which society became increasingly secular. Fundamental to the eighteenth-century worldview was the notion of the Great Chain of Being, in which all creatures and their Creator stood in a hierarchical relationship with one another. The years from 1660 to 1833 witnessed.
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African literature (English)-- Black authors-- History and criticism.
Africans-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.
Africans in literature.
Blacks in literature.
English literature-- 18th century-- History and criticism.
English literature-- African influences.
Politics and literature-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.