| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiii, 381 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-377) and index. |
| Contents |
Part one: The major texts. The isle of pines / Henry Neville ; Abdelazer / Aphra Behn ; Oroonoko / Aphra Behn ; Oroonoko / Thomas Southerne -- Part two: Contexts : Europe, America, and Africa. A short account of the destruction of the Indies / from Bartolomé de las Casas ; Democrates secundus / from Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda ; "Of the cannibals" and "Of coaches" / from Michel Eyquem de Montaigne ; On spreading the Gospel among the savages / from José de Acosta ; The English-American his travail by sea and land / from Thomas Gage ; A true and exact history of the island of Barbados / from Richard Ligon ; The history of Sir Francis Drake / from Sir William Davenant ; Voyage de la France eqinoxiale en l'Isle de Cayenne / from Antoine Biet ; An exact relation of the most execrable attempts of John Allin / from William Byam ; The history of the Caribby-Islands / from Charles de Rochefort ; Histoire generale des Antilles habitées par les François / from Jean-Baptiste du Tertre ; An impartial description of Surinam / from George Warren ; From Great newes from the Barbadoes ; The Negro's and Indians advocate / from Morgan Godwyn ; Friendly advice to the gentlemen planters of the East and West Indies / from Thomas Tryon -- Discussions of colonialism. Iewes in America / from Thomas Thorowgood ; Americans no iewes / from Hamon l'Estrange ; Leviathan / from Thomas Hobbes ; A brief view and survey of the dangerous and pernicious errors to church and state, in Mr. Hobbe's book, entitled Leviathan / from Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon ; Two treatises of government / from John Locke ; The Germantown protest. |
| Summary |
This edition presents a new edition of Oroonoko, with unprecedentedly full and informative commentary. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English literature -- 17th century.
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English literature. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Slavery -- Literary collections.
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Slavery. |
| Genre/Form |
Literary collections.
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| Chronological Term |
1600-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Anthologie.
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Electronic books.
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Literature.
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Literature.
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| Added Author |
Hughes, Derek, 1944-
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Neville, Henry, 1620-1694.
Isle of pines.
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Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.
Abdelazer.
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Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.
Oroonoko.
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Southerne, Thomas, 1660-1746.
Oroonoko.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Versions of Blackness. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 0521869307 9780521869300 (DLC) 2006028389 (OCoLC)71237349 |
| ISBN |
9780511290206 (electronic book) |
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0511290209 (electronic book) |
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9780511288968 (ebook) |
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0511288964 (ebook) |
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0521869307 (hardback) |
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9780521869300 (hardback) |
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0521689562 (paperback) |
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9780521689564 (paperback) |
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051128960X (electronic book) |
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9780511289606 (electronic book) |
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9780511840890 (electronic book) |
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0511840896 (electronic book) |
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