Author: Robert Boyle (Captain.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Robert Boyle, in Several Parts of the World. Intermixed with the Story of Mrs. Villars, an English Lady, with Whom He Made His Surprising Escape from Barbary. Likewise Including the History of an Italian Captive ... [The Dedication Signed: R. Chetwood, I.e. William Rufus Chetwood. The Ninth Edition
Author: Robert Boyle (Captain.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Imprint Catalog in the Rare Book Division
Author: New York Public Library. Rare Book Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Imprint
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Imprint
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Caught between Worlds
Author: Joe Snader
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813184444
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
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, British examples of the genre outpaced their American cousins in length, frequency of publication, attention to anthropological detail, and subjective complexity. Using both new and canonical texts, Snader shows that foreign captivity was a favorite topic in eighteenth-century Britain. An adaptable and expansive genre, these narratives used set plots and stereotypes originating in Mediterranean power struggles and relocated in a variety of settings, particularly eastern lands. The narratives' rhetorical strategies and cultural assumptions often grew out of centuries of religious strife and coincided with Europe's early modern military ascendancy. Caught Between Worlds presents a broad, rich, and flexible definition of the captivity narrative, placing the American strain in its proper place within the tradition as a whole. Snader, having assembled the first bibliography of British captivity narratives, analyzes both factual texts and a large body of fictional works, revealing the ways they helped define British identity and challenged Britons to rethink the place of their nation in the larger world.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813184444
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
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, British examples of the genre outpaced their American cousins in length, frequency of publication, attention to anthropological detail, and subjective complexity. Using both new and canonical texts, Snader shows that foreign captivity was a favorite topic in eighteenth-century Britain. An adaptable and expansive genre, these narratives used set plots and stereotypes originating in Mediterranean power struggles and relocated in a variety of settings, particularly eastern lands. The narratives' rhetorical strategies and cultural assumptions often grew out of centuries of religious strife and coincided with Europe's early modern military ascendancy. Caught Between Worlds presents a broad, rich, and flexible definition of the captivity narrative, placing the American strain in its proper place within the tradition as a whole. Snader, having assembled the first bibliography of British captivity narratives, analyzes both factual texts and a large body of fictional works, revealing the ways they helped define British identity and challenged Britons to rethink the place of their nation in the larger world.
Captivity and Escape
Author: Jean Martin
Publisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Letters from a lady of quality to a chevalier. Translated from the French. By Mrs. Haywood
A Voyage to Lethe
Author: Samuel Cock
Publisher:
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Category : Erotic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Erotic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
A relation of seaven yeares slaverie under the Turkes of Argeire, suffered by an English Captive merchant
Author: Francis Knight
Publisher:
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Category : Algeria
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Algeria
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Travels in the Footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis
Author: Sir Robert Lambert Playfair
Publisher:
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Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
An Essay Upon Projects
Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368331124
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368331124
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
The Memoirs of the Baron Du Tan
Author: Madame de Gomez
Publisher: Dissertations-G
ISBN:
Category : Calabria (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher: Dissertations-G
ISBN:
Category : Calabria (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description