Black face, maligned race
Racism in literature
Black people in literature
Blacks in literature
English literature, history and criticism
African Americans in literature
English drama
History and criticism
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 depicti…
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