Books & Spoken Word
Heather Marks – Black British Literature
Heather Marks, writer, theatre critic, academic, content and events coordinator at Words of Colour, discusses representations of blackness in early British literature and the history of black British writing, from William Dunbar to Aphra Behn, from Olaudah Equiano to Andrea Levy.
Heather leads this Lunchtime Lecture, taking you on a whistle-stop tour through the centuries, from Roman Britain to the present day.
Learn about Black British writers of the 18th century, and how contemporary writers are revisiting the past to retrieve unheard voices that expand our imaginary landscape.
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Expect to leave with a new knowledge of unknown British history and literary lineages.
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