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Author: Uli Dürr Publisher: GRIN Verlag ISBN: 3656100861 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 41
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Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Würzburg, language: English, abstract: This term paper deals with the institution of slavery and the process of its abolition and takes a look at the different reactions in Romantic literature. First of all, an overview over the historical background will be given, showing the economic importance of the slave trade at the end of the 18th century, as well as giving an outline of the con-temporary major race theories, that were underlying its justification. The movement for the abolition of slavery will be introduced, as well as some of their representa-tives, like Thomas Clarkson, or William Cowper. Subsequently, the main part of the paper will deal with William Blake and his poem "Little Black Boy". The piece will be taken as an example for 18th century abolitionist literature and will be analysed, with the help of secondary literature by Hazard Adams, D.G. Gillham, David Erdman and Lauren Henry. A special focus will be on the poem's religious theme. The term paper will end with a conclusion, summarizing the interpretations of the before-mentioned literary scientists and evaluating the significance of the paper's findings.
Author: Uli Dürr Publisher: GRIN Verlag ISBN: 3656100861 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 41
Book Description
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Würzburg, language: English, abstract: This term paper deals with the institution of slavery and the process of its abolition and takes a look at the different reactions in Romantic literature. First of all, an overview over the historical background will be given, showing the economic importance of the slave trade at the end of the 18th century, as well as giving an outline of the con-temporary major race theories, that were underlying its justification. The movement for the abolition of slavery will be introduced, as well as some of their representa-tives, like Thomas Clarkson, or William Cowper. Subsequently, the main part of the paper will deal with William Blake and his poem "Little Black Boy". The piece will be taken as an example for 18th century abolitionist literature and will be analysed, with the help of secondary literature by Hazard Adams, D.G. Gillham, David Erdman and Lauren Henry. A special focus will be on the poem's religious theme. The term paper will end with a conclusion, summarizing the interpretations of the before-mentioned literary scientists and evaluating the significance of the paper's findings.
Author: Uli Dürr Publisher: GRIN Verlag ISBN: 3656100896 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 21
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Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Würzburg, language: English, abstract: This term paper deals with the institution of slavery and the process of its abolition and takes a look at the different reactions in Romantic literature. First of all, an overview over the historical background will be given, showing the economic importance of the slave trade at the end of the 18th century, as well as giving an outline of the con-temporary major race theories, that were underlying its justification. The movement for the abolition of slavery will be introduced, as well as some of their representa-tives, like Thomas Clarkson, or William Cowper. Subsequently, the main part of the paper will deal with William Blake and his poem "Little Black Boy". The piece will be taken as an example for 18th century abolitionist literature and will be analysed, with the help of secondary literature by Hazard Adams, D.G. Gillham, David Erdman and Lauren Henry. A special focus will be on the poem’s religious theme. The term paper will end with a conclusion, summarizing the interpretations of the before-mentioned literary scientists and evaluating the significance of the paper’s findings.
Author: N. Rodgers Publisher: Springer ISBN: 0230625223 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 403
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This book tackles a hitherto neglected topic by presenting Ireland as very much a part of the Black Atlantic world. It shows how slaves and sugar produced economic and political change in Eighteenth-century Ireland and discusses the role of Irish emigrants in slave societies in the Caribbean and North America.
Author: William Blake Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781522823155 Category : Languages : en Pages : 26
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This volume of premium cosmic horror contains a high-quality facsimile edition of William Blake's original handwritten masterpiece, an introduction by Aladdin Collar, a plain-text companion of the poems, and a diagrammatic interpretation of Blake's unique pantheon of gods. Told through dense verses of symbol and esoteric cosmology, America a Prophecy details a Revolutionary War on a metaphysical plane. Heralded by thirteen colonial angels, the Christ-figure called Ore champions love and passion over the primordial Albion, and Albion's demonic aspect, the terrible Urizen. America a Prophecy is one of 12 Illuminated Prophecies by Blake, which together represent the first modern mythological system. This approach to literature (the development of a unique, fictional cosmology) was later adapted by notable authors such as Lord Dunsany, JRR Tolkein, and HP Lovecraft, before being integrated into mainstream popular entertainment.
Author: Jasmin Haddad Publisher: GRIN Verlag ISBN: 3346410617 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 7
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Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Heidelberg (Anglistisches Seminar), language: English, abstract: Political and social grievances have always been inspirational sources for literary work. The poems “England in 1819” by P.B. Shelley and “London” by William Blake are both concerned with the political and social impacts of the Industrial Revolution and the turbulent regency of King George III in England. Although the poems discuss a very similar issue, there are significant disparities with regards to their themes as well as their formal and rhetorical features. P.B. Shelley’s sonnet “England in 1819” is metered in iambic pentameter but does not fit the rhyming pattern of a traditional Petrarchan sonnet. Moreover, there is no typical division between the first eight and the final six lines. The structure is disorganized and unsteady, exactly like the condition of England in 1819 seemed to be. The speaker describes the dreadful state of the nation and directs his critique towards the responsible – the ruling powers. The first six lines of “England in 1819” are concerned with the monarchy, representing the greatest source of all evil.
Author: Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9401009309 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 321
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Literature reveals that the hidden strings of the human `passional soul' are the creative source of the specifically human existence. Continuing the inquiry into the `elemental passions of the soul' and the Human Creative Soul pursued in several previous volumes of this series, the present volume focuses on the `passions of the earth', bringing to light some of the primogenital existential threads of the innermost bonds of the Human Condition and mother earth. In Tymieniecka's words, the studies purpose to unravel the essential bond between the living human being and the earth - a bond that lies at the heart of our existence. A heightened awareness of this bond should enlighten our situation and help us find our existential bearings.
Author: David Bindman Publisher: Hayward Gallery Publishing ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 152
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For William Blake, the idea of slavery was fundamental to his art and writing. Containing over 60 reproductions from Blake's illuminated books, watercolours and engravings, this book includes essays by curator and leading Blake scholar David Bindman, and novelist and literary critic Darryl Pinckney.
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