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1、HelenThomas'studyopensanewavenueforRomanticliterarystudiesbyexploringconnectionswithliteratureproducedbyslaves,slaveowners,abolitionistsandradicaldissentersbetween1770and1830.Inthe®rstmajorattempttorelatecanonicalRomantictextstothewritingsoftheAfricandiaspora,sheinve
2、stigatesEnglishliteraryRomanticisminthecontextofatransatlanticculture,andAfricancultureinthecontextofeighteenth-centuryBritain.Insodoing,thebookrevealsanintertextualdialoguebetweentwodiverseyetequallyrichculturalspheres,andtheircorrespondingsystemsofthought,epistemol
3、ogyandexpression.Showinghowmarginalisedslavesandalienatedradicaldissenterscontributedtotransatlanticdebatesovercivilandreligiousliberties,HelenThomasremapsRomanticliteratureonthisbroadercanvasofculturalex-changes,geographicalmigrationsandidentity-transformation,inthe
4、yearsbeforeandaftertheabolitionoftheslavetrade.helenthomasislecturerinEnglishatQueenMaryandWest®eldCollege,UniversityofLondon.ShehaspublishedanessayinGenderandCatastrophe(1997),variousarticlesandreviewsinWasa®ri,LiteratureoftheAfricanWorldandStandMagazineandiscurrent
5、lypreparingabookonCarylPhillips.cambridgestudiesinromanticism38ROMANTICISMANDSLAVENARRATIVEScambridgestudiesinromanticismGeneraleditorsProfessorMarilynButlerProfessorJamesChandlerUniversityofOxfordUniversityofChicagoEditorialboardJohnBarrell,UniversityofYorkPaulHamil
6、ton,UniversityofLondonMaryJacobus,CornellUniversityKennethJohnston,IndianaUniversityAlanLiu,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraJeromeMcGann,UniversityofVirginiaDavidSimpson,UniversityofCalifornia,DavisThisseriesaimstofosterthebestnewworkinoneofthemostchallenging®elds
7、withinEnglishliterarystudies.Fromtheearly1780stotheearly1830saformidablearrayoftalentedmenandwomentooktoliterarycom-position,notjustinpoetry,whichsomeofthemfamouslytransformed,butinmanymodesofwriting.Theexpansionofpublishingcreatednewopportunitiesforwriters,andthepol
8、iticalstakesofwhattheywrotewereraisedagainbywhatWordsworthcalledthose`greatnationalevents'thatwere`almostdailytakingplace':theFrenc
