A History of Black and Asian Writing in Britain, 17002000
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780521036542
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Literary studies: 19th century; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; British Isles; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
First sentence: Although there is evidence that African soldiers came to Britain with the Roman armies in order to keep the restless natives under control, it is not until the beginnings of European imperial expansion and slave trading that they begin to make a significant appearance in literature by and about them.