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Original Articles

S.I. MARTIN’S INCOMPARABLE WORLD AND THE POSSIBILITIES FOR BLACK BRITISH HISTORICAL FICTION

Pages 203-215 | Published online: 25 Jul 2007
 

Abstract

In his 1996 novel Incomparable World, S.I. Martin expresses dissatisfaction with the historiographical representation of 18th‐century black Britain. Through his insistence on the fictionality of the characters he situates within a recognizable London of the 1790s, Martin is able to insist on the centrality of black involvement in British affairs without reducing actual black individuals and communities to mere ciphers within an instrumental anti‐racist political register.

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Notes on contributors

Dave Gunning

Dave Gunning is a Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature at the University of Leeds. He has published articles on various aspects of black British literature and culture, on authors including Caryl Phillips, Fred D’Aguiar, Bernardine Evaristo, and Manzu Islam.

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