Black face, maligned race : the representation of blacks in English drama from Shakespeare to Southerne
The author considers the influence of English political, social, and theatrical history on the depiction of black characters on the English stage from 1589 to 1695. He shows that almost without exception blackness was associated with treachery, evil, and ugliness. The first work to study the depiction of blacks in the drama of this period in a complete cultural context, this book will be informative for anyone interested in the stereotypical representation of blacks in literature. -- from Book Jacket
Print Book, English, ©1987
Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, ©1987
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xi, 215 pages ; 24 cm
9780807113318, 9780807124857, 080711331X, 0807124850
14967340
Satan's livery : Blackness and the western tradition
Beauty's beasts : Blacks in the court masque
Words of the sponsors : Blacks in Lord Mayors' Pageants
Princes of darkness : Black villains on the mimetic stage
Ethiops washed white : Moors of the nonvillainous type
White men burdened : White Moors on the English stage