representation of slavery and the black character /
First Statement of Responsibility
Hazel Waters.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge, UK :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (viii, 243 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-239) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 From vengeance to sentiment; CHAPTER 2 The beginning of the end for the black avenger; CHAPTER 3 Ira Aldridge and the battlefield of race; CHAPTER 4 The comic and the grotesque: the American influence; CHAPTER 5 The consolidation of the black grotesque; CHAPTER 6 Slavery freed from the constraint of blackness; CHAPTER 7 Uncle Tom -- moral high ground or low comedy?; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
A study of the black presence on the Victorian English stage.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Racism on the Victorian stage.
International Standard Book Number
0521862620
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English drama-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
Prejudices in literature.
Racism in literature.
Slavery in literature.
Theater and society-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.