From Shakespeare to Obama A Study in Language, Slavery and Place

From Shakespeare to Obama discusses language, slavery, and place from the Portuguese enslavement of African people, through slavery in Shakespeare's plays, to President Obama's 2012 speech on "modern slavery." Balancing close reading with context, this ex

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From Shakespeare to Obama

10.1057/9781137375827 - From Shakespeare to Obama, Jonathan Hart

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A Study in Language, Slavery and Place

JONATHAN HART

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From Shakespeare to Obama

FROM SHAKESPEARE TO OBAMA

Copyright © Jonathan Hart, 2013. All rights reserved.

Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–37581–0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hart, Jonathan Locke, 1956– From Shakespeare to Obama : a study in language, slavery and place / by Jonathan Hart. pages cm ISBN 978–1–137–37581–0 (hardback: alk. paper) 1. Slavery in literature. 2. Slave trade in literature. 3. Literature and history. 4. Slave trade—Africa, West—History. I. Title. PN56.S5765.H37 2013 809⬘.93355—dc23

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The very spot where grew the bread, That formed my bones . . . Abraham Lincoln

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Preface and Acknowledgments

ix

1 Introduction

1

2

Representing Slaves

7

3 Shakespeare’s Sonnets

29

4 Dramatic Time in Shakespeare’s History

43

5 Walter Ralegh, England, America and the World

73

6 Vision

91

7

Theory

113

8

Eco, Story and History

127

9

Vassanji, Africa and America

139

10

Obama, America and Africa

159

11

Obama and Slavery

185

12

Conclusion

207

Notes

213

Index

247

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