Domestic captivity and the British subject, 1660-1750 / Catherine Ingrassia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ingrassia, Catherine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Captivity in literature.

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

English fiction.

English fiction--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2022]

Summary:

"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 conditions in which those least empowered, particularly women, perceived themselves to be captive subjects. This "domestic captivity" is intimately connected to England's substantial involvement in the systematic enslavement of kidnapped Africans, even as early fictional narratives ignore the experience of enslaved people. The book looks at canonical authors such as Aphra Behn, Richard Steele, and Eliza Haywood, as well as popular writers such as Penelope Aubin and Edward Kimber"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Ingrassia, Catherine Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660–1750

ISBN:

9780813948102

OCLC:

1305016954