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Afro-American Culture, Literature, and Social Order, Part 5 of 6

Jerome Handler discusses his research into slave life on sugar plantations in Barbados from the early seventeenth through the early nineteenth century. He recounts how his research focus shifted from contemporary social anthropology to a historical study of the lives … Continue reading

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(1) The Faerie Queene; (2) Digging Up the Past; (3) Review of A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul; (4) Tribute to Hugh Holman

John Wall addresses myth and adventure in Edmund Spenser’s epic poem The Faerie Queene. Wall describes Spenser’s work as “didactic and delightful,” highlights the political context for The Faerie Queene, and touches on the role that escapism plays in our … Continue reading

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