Domestic captivity and the British subject, 1660-1750 /

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"This book considers fictional texts by British authors from the Restoration and first half of the eighteenth century in which captivity centrally informs identity, actions, or human relationships for white British subjects. The exercise of institutional and personal power could create conditio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ingrassia, Catherine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022.
Subjects:
1500-1799
English fiction > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Captivity in literature.
Master and servant in literature.
Women in literature.
Authority in literature.
Roman anglais > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Captivité dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Autorité dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Authority in literature
Captivity in literature
English fiction
English fiction > Early modern
Master and servant in literature
Women in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: reading captivity
  • Cultures of captivity
  • Captivating farce: Aphra Ben's The emperor of the moon
  • Domesticating captivity: Richard Steele's The conscious lovers
  • Barbary captivity: Penelope Aubin in The noble slaves
  • "Indentured slaves": British captivity in Colonial America
  • Afterword: domesticating captivity.

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