Caught between Worlds [electronic resource] : British Captivity Narratives in Fact and Fiction / Joe Snader.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snader, Joe, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narration (Rhetoric).

American literature--English influences.

American literature.

Captivity narratives--Great Britain.

Captivity narratives.

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

English fiction.

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

English prose literature.

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

English-speaking countries--Intellectual life--18th century.

English-speaking countries.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The captivity narrative has always been a literary genre associated with America. Joe Snader argues, however, that captivity narratives emerged much earlier in Britain, coinciding with European colonial expansion, the development of anthropology, and the rise of liberal political thought. Stories of Europeans held captive in the Middle East, America, Africa, and Southeast Asia appeared in the British press from the late sixteenth through the late eighteenth centuries, and captivity narratives were frequently featured during the early development of the novel. Until the mid-eighteenth century,

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1: Narratives of Fact; 1. Travel, Travail, and the British Captivity Tradition; 2. The Captive as Hero; 3. The Perils and the Powers of Cultural Conversion; Part 2: Narratives of Fiction; 4. Mastering Captivity; 5. Resisting Americans in British Novels of American Captivity; 6. Utopian Captivities and other ""African"" Paradoxes; Conclusion; Notes; Primary Bibliography; Secondary Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [308]-328) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-4953-3

OCLC:

900344053