Caught between worlds : British captivity narratives in fact and fiction / Joe Snader.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snader, Joe, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English prose literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English prose literature.

English prose literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Captivity narratives--Great Britain.

Captivity narratives.

American literature--English influences.

American literature.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Lexington, Ky.] : University Press of Kentucky, [2000]

Contents:

Part 1 Narratives of Fact

1. Travel, Travail, and the British Captivity Tradition 13

2. The Captive as Hero 62

3. The Perils and the Powers of Cultural Conversion 94

Part 2 Narratives of Fiction

4. Mastering Captivity 127

5. Resisting Americans in British Novels of American Captivity 172

6. Utopian Captivities and other "African" Paradoxes 224.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-328) and index.

ISBN:

0813121647

OCLC:

43542064