The discourse of slavery : Aphra Behn to Toni Morrison /

The discourse of slavery : Aphra Behn to Toni Morrison / edited by Carl Plasa and Betty J. Ring ; foreword by Isobel Armstrong.

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors:	Plasa, Carl, 1959- (Editor), Ring, Betty J. (Betty Joan), 1966- (Editor), Armstrong, Isobel (Author of introduction, etc.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxfordshire [England] ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2013.
Subjects:	English literature > History and criticism. American literature > History and criticism. Slavery > English-speaking countries > Public opinion. Slavery in literature. American literature. English literature. Slavery > Public opinion. English-speaking countries. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

1. Looks that kill
2. Sex, slavery and rights in Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindications / Jane Moore
3. "That mild beam"
4. "Silent revolt"
5. Anglo-American connections
6. "Painting by numbers"
7. Perilous passages in Harriet Jacob's Incidents in the life of a slave girl / Jon Hauss
8. The irony of idealism
9. Prophesying bodies.