5/26/2023 0 Comments The woman of colour anonymous![]() in eighteenth-century British texts.” (Dominique 212). “The race neutral approach neutral approach taken by this “Mulatto Woman” poet presents the startling possibility that educated women of color like and Olivia could have published many such anonymous poems, articles, etc. Through reading the poem it is very evident that the narrator or speaker of the poem is educated and religious in how they speak to ‘Brother’, but there is no sign of the race of either of the individuals. With this statement Dominique suggests that without the title being what it is readers would automatically assume traits about both the narrator and ‘Brother’ in the poem that are not visible in context, the main one being that of Race. ![]() Anonymous poem “written by a Mulatto Woman” (1794)įor the introduction to the poem “written by a Mulatto Woman” Dominique states that “Without the clarifying note at the beginning, contemporary readers would have assumed that the protagonists are both educated, pious, and white.” (Dominique 212). ![]()
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