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A Comparative Literary History of Modern Slavery: The Atlantic world and beyond
Edited by Karen-Margrethe Simonsen, Madeleine Dobie and Mads Anders Baggesgaard
[Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages XXXVII] 2025
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Chapter 1
Introduction

Article outline
  • Literature as a privileged site for memory
  • Genres of literature about slavery and literary history
  • Structure and topics of the book
  • Counter-Memories and memories of resistance
  • The body as material archive
  • Fictionality as history writing
  • The cultural bricolage of history: Interdisciplinary perspectives
  • Authorship: Authenticity and ambiguity of voice
  • Creative approaches to the memorialization of slavery
  • Background and aim
  • Author queries
  • Notes
  • References
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