Transatlantic stories and the history of reading, 1720-1810 : migrant fictions /

"Eve Tavor Bannet explores some of the remarkable stories about the Atlantic world that shaped Britons' and Americans' perceptions of that world. These stories about women, servants, the poor and the dispossessed were frequently rewritten or reframed by editors and printers in America...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bannet, Eve Tavor, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Temas:
1700-1799
English literature > Appreciation > United States.
American literature > Appreciation > Great Britain.
Comparative literature > English and American.
Comparative literature > American and English.
Books and reading > History > 18th century.
Liberty in literature.
Publishers and publishing > History > 18th century.
Adventure stories, English > History and criticism.
Littérature américaine > Appréciation > Grande-Bretagne.
Livres et lecture > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Liberté dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Adventure stories, English.
American literature > Appreciation.
Books and reading.
English literature > Appreciation.
Literature.
Publishers and publishing.
Travel.
Literatur.
Englisch.
Amerikanisches Englisch.
Literaturbeziehungen.
Engelsk litteratur > mottagande > Förenta staterna.
Amerikansk litteratur > mottagande > Storbritannien.
Böcker och läsning > historia > 1700-talet.
Bokutgivning > historia > 1700-talet.
Atlantic Ocean Region > In literature.
Atlantic Ocean Region > Description and travel > History.
Atlantique, Région de l' > Dans la littérature.
Atlantique, Région de l' > Descriptions et voyages.
Atlantic Ocean Region.
Great Britain.
United States.
Atlantischer Ozean.
USA.
Grossbritannien.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Strange adventures
  • 2. Captivity and antislavery
  • 3. The parallel Atlantic economy
  • 4. Fortune's footballs
  • 5. The bonds of servitude
  • 6. Bond and free: contemporary readings of Gronniosaw's Life
  • 7. Samson Occom's itinerancies
  • 8. Robert Bell's theaters of war: the war on politeness
  • 9. Robert Bell's theaters of war: the war upon war.

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