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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A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: December 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.
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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