{"title":"Mathelinda Nabugodi","description":"\u003cp\u003eMathelinda Nabugodi’s works offer a profound exploration of personal and historical journeys, inviting readers into intimate reflections that bridge past and present. Her writing blends memoir with vivid narrative, illuminating lives shaped by resilience and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the \u003cem\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e category, Nabugodi’s stories are marked by a lyrical yet unflinching voice, delivering emotional depth and unique perspectives. Her books, including \u003cstrong\u003eThe Trembling Hand\u003c\/strong\u003e, resonate with those drawn to authentic and poignant life stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-trembling-hand-by-mathelinda-nabugodi-9780241606346","title":"The Trembling Hand","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBracing and essential, a radical reframing of British Romanticism through the lens of Black experience – for fans of David Olusoga, Gretchen Gerzina, Saidiya Hartman, and Emma Dabiri.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Keats – the Romantic poets are titans of English literature, taught and celebrated around the world. Their work is associated with sublime passions, violent stormscapes, and a questing search for the inner self. It is rarely associated with the racial politics of the transatlantic slave economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut these literary icons lived through a period when individual and collective resistance by Black people in Britain and her overseas colonies was making it increasingly difficult – and increasingly costly – to ignore their demands for freedom. A time when popular support for the abolition movement exploded across the country – and was met by a vehement, reactionary campaign from the establishment. A time when white supremacist ideologies were fomented to justify the abuse and exploitation of non-white 'races'. This cultural context is not immediately obvious in the canon of Romantic poetry. But that doesn't mean it's not there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Trembling Hand\u003c\/em\u003e turns an urgent critical gaze onto six major Romantic authors, examining how their lives and works were entangled with the racist realities of their era. Mathelinda Nabugodi pores over carefully preserved manuscripts, travels to the houses where these writers lived and died, examines the personal objects which survived them – a teacup, a baby rattle, a lock of hair. Amid this archive, she searches for traces of Black figures whose lives crossed paths with the great Romantics. And she grapples with the opposing forces of reverence and horror as her fascination with literary relics collides with feelings of sorrow and rage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46549377876204,"sku":"9780241606346","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241606346.jpg?v=1750032520"},{"product_id":"the-trembling-hand-by-mathelinda-nabugodi-9780241997208","title":"The Trembling Hand","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBracing and essential, a radical reframing of British Romanticism through the lens of Black experience - for fans of David Olusoga, Gretchen Gerzina, Saidiya Hartman, and Emma Dabiri.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Keats - the Romantic poets are titans of English literature, taught and celebrated around the world. Their writings are associated with the sublime power of nature and revolutionary politics. However, these literary icons also lived through the climax of the transatlantic slave economy. They witnessed both the explosion of the abolition movement and the reactionary formation of white supremacist ideologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Trembling Hand\u003c\/em\u003e examines how the lives and works of six major Romantic authors were entangled with the racial politics of their era. Mathelinda Nabugodi studies manuscripts and archival treasures - a teacup, a baby rattle, a lock of hair - to recover startling links between the poetry of freedom and the practices of slavery in the Romantic period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976839250156,"sku":"9780241997208","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241997208-the-trembling-hand.jpg?v=1784700962"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/mathelinda-nabugodi.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}