Beatrice Chancy

By George Elliott Clarke

Book Overview

The legend of Beatrice Cenci has intrigued writers such as Antonin Artaud, Stendhal, Mary Shelley, Alexandre Dumas, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning, and Kathy Acker. In Beatrice Chancy, a verse play set in Nova Scotia in 1819, Clarke boldly reimagines Beatrice as the daughter of a white master and a black slave.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1896095941
• ISBN13: 9781896095943
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Raincoast Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"