A History of Black and Asian Writing in Britain, 17002000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 13, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780521643276
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Literary studies: 19th century; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary theory; History and criticism; English literature; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; British Isles; Intellectual life; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Blacks; Asian authors; Black authors; Great Britain
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.