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From Simianized Irish to Oriental Despots: Heathcliff, Rochester and Racial Diff

From Simianized Irish to Oriental Despots: Heathcliff, Rochester and Racial Diff

Essay from NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction   ▪︎   30 minute read

 

This essay contextualizes Victorian England's relationship to race (particularly with regards to Ireland), and how that might affect readings of Heathcliff and Rochester. 

 

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YOU ON THE MOORS NOW DRAMATURGY BY AYSHA ZACKRIA

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