Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750

In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Britain, captivity emerged as both persistent metaphor and material reality. The exercise of...
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Author: Catherine Ingrassia
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Language: English
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Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750 by Ingrassia, Catherine

Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750

$132.64

Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750

$132.64
Author: Catherine Ingrassia
Format: Paperback
Language: English

In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Britain, captivity emerged as both persistent metaphor and material reality. The exercise of power on an institutional and personal level created conditions in which those least empowered, particularly women, perceived themselves to be captive subjects. This "domestic captivity" was inextricably connected to England's systematic enslavement of kidnapped Africans, even as early fictional narratives suppressed or ignored the experience of the enslaved.

Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750 explores how captivity informed identity, actions, and human relationships for white British subjects as represented in fictional texts by British authors from the period. Drawing on the popular press, unpublished personal correspondence, and archival documents, Catherine Ingrassia provides a rich cultural description that situates a range of literary texts within the material world of captivity. Ultimately, the book calls for a reevaluation of how literary texts that code a heretofore undiscussed connection to the slave trade or other types of captivity are understood.



Author: Catherine Ingrassia
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 06/24/2022
Pages: 314
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780813948096

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