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Pages: 226
Authors: Michelle Burnham
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-10-03 - Publisher: Dartmouth College Press

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In a radically new interpretation and synthesis of highly popular 18th- and 19th-century genres, Michelle Burnham examines the literature of captivity, and, usi
Captive Selves, Captivating Others
Language: en
Pages: 361
Authors: Pauline Turner Strong
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-19 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book considers two key typifications within the Anglo-American captivity tradition: the Captive Self and the Captivating Other. It analyzes a hegemonic tra
Writing Captivity in the Early Modern Atlantic
Language: en
Pages: 353
Authors: Lisa Voigt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

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Drawing on texts written by and about European and Euro-American captives in a variety of languages and genres, Lisa Voigt explores the role of captivity in the
Caught between Worlds
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Joe Snader
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-11 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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The captivity narrative has always been a literary genre associated with America. Joe Snader argues, however, that captivity narratives emerged much earlier in
The Captive's Position
Language: en
Pages: 235
Authors: Teresa A. Toulouse
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-23 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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Why do narratives of Indian captivity emerge in New England between 1682 and 1707 and why are these texts, so centrally concerned with women's experience, suppo