The Savage and Modern Self : North American Indians in Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture /

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"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
Autor principal: Richardson, Robbie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
National characteristics, British, in literature.
Indians in literature.
English literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Britanniques dans la litterature.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Critiques litteraires.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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."

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