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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11976415.
- catalog coverage "English-speaking countries Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [308]-328) and index.".
- catalog description "Narratives of Fact -- Travel, Travail, and the British Captivity Tradition -- The Captive as Hero -- The Perils and the Powers of Cultural Conversion -- Narratives of Fiction -- Mastering Captivity -- Resisting Americans in British Novels of American Captivity -- Utopian Captivities and other "African" Paradoxes.".
- catalog extent "339 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0813121647 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lexington : University Press of Kentucky,".
- catalog spatial "English-speaking countries Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "828/.50809355 21".
- catalog subject "American literature English influences.".
- catalog subject "Captivity narratives Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "English fiction 18th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "English prose literature 18th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "English prose literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Narration (Rhetoric)".
- catalog subject "PR769 .S64 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Narratives of Fact -- Travel, Travail, and the British Captivity Tradition -- The Captive as Hero -- The Perils and the Powers of Cultural Conversion -- Narratives of Fiction -- Mastering Captivity -- Resisting Americans in British Novels of American Captivity -- Utopian Captivities and other "African" Paradoxes.".
- catalog title "Caught between worlds : British captivity narratives in fact and fiction / Joe Snader.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".