1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393960603316

Autore

Oldham John <1653-1683.>

Titolo

The works of Mr. John Oldham, together with his Remains [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Jo. Hindmarsh ..., 1686

Descrizione fisica

4 pts. ([8], 148; [8], 134, [2]; [6], 215, [1]; [28], 127 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Ovid <43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.>

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A reissue of first collected edition (1684) of author's various works, consisting of unsold copies of separate poems. cf. Grolier. Wither to Prior, v. 2. no. 646.

Each of the titles in this volume has a special t.p.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Nota di contenuto

Satyrs upon the Jesuits, written in the year 1679, and some other pieces by the same hand. The third edition corrected. 1685 -- Poems and translations. 1684 -- Poems and translations. 1683 -- Remains of Mr. John Oldham in verse and prose. 1687.

Sommario/riassunto

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2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816703103321

Autore

Brooks Kinitra Dechaun

Titolo

Searching for Sycorax : black women's hauntings of contemporary horror / / Kinitra D. Brooks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, New Jersey : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-8135-8464-7

0-8135-8463-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 pages)

Disciplina

823/.08738099287

Soggetti

Horror in literature

African American women authors

Women authors, Black - History and criticism

Feminist theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Searching for Sycorax: black women and horror -- The importance of neglected intersections: characterizations of black women in mainstream horror texts -- Black feminism and the struggle for literary respectability -- Black women writing fluid fiction: an open challenge to genre normativity -- Folkloric horror: a new way of reading black women's creative horror -- Conclusion Sycorax's power of revision: reconstructing black women's counter-narratives -- Appendix: creative work summary.

Sommario/riassunto

"Searching for Sycorax highlights the unique position of Black women in horror as both characters and creators. Kinitra D. Brooks creates a racially gendered critical analysis of African diasporic women, challenging the horror genre's historic themes and interrogating forms of literature that have often been ignored by Black feminist theory"--