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Item Details
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FROM SHAKESPEARE TO OBAMA
A STUDY IN LANGUAGE, SLAVERY AND PLACE |
| By: |
Jonathan Hart |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£56.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1137375825 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781137375827 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
18 December, 2013 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
From Shakespeare to Obama discusses language, slavery, and place from the Portuguese enslavement of African people, through the public and private in Shakespeare's poems and plays, to President Obama's 2012 speech on "modern slavery." Balancing close reading with context, Jonathan Hart offers new insight into questions of otherness, rhetoric, and stereotyping. Ultimately, this expansive book contributes to the ongoing study of the relation between history and literature. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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