On the Edge of Chaos: Space and Power in Maria Edgeworthʼs ʻThe Grateful Negroʼ (1804)
ʻThe Grateful Negroʼ (1804) is one of Maria Edgeworthʼs less well-known childrenʼs stories. Set on a Jamaican plantation, it concerns the differing attitudes of two white plantation owners, Mr Edwards and Mr Jefferies, towards enslaved people and a rebellion provoked by Mr Jefferiesʼs cruelty, later...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Danish |
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Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget
2022-11-01
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| Series: | Barnelitterært Forskningstidsskrift |
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| Online Access: | http://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/blft.13.1.9 |