... the transformation and the exaltation of "The Black Spear". This line is a sort of leitmotiv in slave literature, because of its incisiveness and clearness. The Authors An important contribution concerning the meaning of Middle Passage is given by several authors such as Edward Kamau Brathwaite, George Lamming, Wilson Harris, Edouard Glissant, Derek Walcott. ... to a microcosm of Atlantic history The element of the Atlantic has been the object of different and conflicting interpretations. For example, Henry David Thoreau in his essay Walking viewed the gap between Europe and America as ...

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