Lucy Negro, Redux

Lucy Negro, Redux is a collection of poetry that uses the lens of Shakespeare's "Dark Lady" sonnets to explore the way questions about and desire for the black female body have evolved over time, from Elizabethan England to the Jim Crow South to the present day. Research for the collection began with the discovery in early 2012 of a connection between the historical Elizabethan figure Black Luce--a notorious brothel owner--and William Shakespeare, by Professor Duncan Salkeld of the University of Chichester. A grant from the University of Mississippi yielded an opportunity for on-site research with Dr. Salkeld in order to explore Bridewell Prison records, now held in the Bethlem Hospital Archives in England. Galvanized by that research, the work evolved into a collection that experiments with form, dialect, the adoption of historical personas, and the very voices these personas project.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.F.A. in Creative Writing

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Williams, Caroline Randall

Contributors dc:contributor

• Derrick Harriell
• Ivo Kamps
• Beth Ann Fennelly

• African-American
• Black Studies
• Identity
• Sexuality
• Shakespeare
• Women
• Creative Writing

Repository record dc:identifier

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1256

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-2255