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...out before about the effects of colonialism, he now made the connection unmistakably clear. He said: “I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted. I speak for the poor in America who are paying the double price of smashed hopes at home, and death and corruption in Vietnam.” King concluded with the...

...out and seeks to destroy what Edward has, as he has destroyed what she had. She may not be able to communicate verbally any more, but she can express her rage at being sold, and silenced, in the colonies where suppression of the ethnic other is the norm, and brought to England against her will and imprisoned. [An illustration of St. John Rivers admitting Jane to Moor...

...out in 1830, and the semi-autobiographical Lodore and Falkner in 1835 and 1837 respectively. From 1824-40 Mary also produced articles for journals, tales for literary annuals and five volumes of literary biography. Fortunately her last years were relatively contented ones, because Percy was a fine and affectionate son, and his wife, Jane, thought the world of her.She...

...out more about The Open University's Arts and Humanities courses and qualifications. 1. What first got you interested in history? [Katie Donington]My grandmother was a great lover of history; she wanted to study it at university, but she became profoundly deaf when she was a teenager and then the Second World War intervened. She would tell me stories about Tudors and...