Open AccessWhite Tears and Indian Slaves in Marvell’s “Mourning”
Author(s) -
Blaine Greteman
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
marvell studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2399-7435
DOI - 10.16995/marv.8769
Subject(s) - font , style (visual arts) , art , arithmetic , literature , mathematics , visual arts
Previous criticism of Marvell’s “Mourning” has not only ignored the narrator’s invocation of “Indian slaves,” but has in most cases actually erased it. This essay explores the consequences of that erasure for our understanding of the poem and its place in the history of colonialism and race-making.
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