Invoking Slavery in the Eighteenth-Century British Imagination

By Adam R. Beach and Srividhya Swaminathan

Book Overview

In the eighteenth century, literary representations of slavery encompassed a range of physical and metaphysical conditions beyond the transatlantic slave trade. Without eliding the real and important differences between slave systems operating in the Atlantic world, this collection is a starting point for understanding the manner in which slavery became a powerful rhetorical device for helping British audiences gain a new perspective on their own position with respect to their government and the global sphere.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138249319
• ISBN13: 9781138249318
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"