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The savage and modern self : North American Indians in eighteenth-century British literature and culture /

"The Savage and Modern Self examines the representations of North American "Indians" in novels, poetry, plays, and material culture from eighteenth-century Britain. Author Robbie Richardson argues that depictions of "Indians" in British literature were used to critique and a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Richardson, Robbie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Indians and the construction of Britishness in the early eighteenth century
  • The indian as cultural critic : shaping the British self
  • Captivity narratives and colonialism
  • Novel indians: Tsonnonthouan and the commodification of culture
  • Becoming Indians : sentiment and the hybrid British subject
  • Native North American material culture in the British imaginary
  • Conclusion : "pen-and-ink work."