In the eighteenth century, literary representations of slavery encompassed a range of physical and metaphysical conditions beyond the transatlantic slave trade. Without eliding the real and important differences between slave systems operating in the Atlantic world, this collection is a starting point for understanding the manner in which slavery became a powerful rhetorical device for helping British audiences gain a new perspective on their own position with respect to their government and the global sphere.
In the eighteenth century, literary representations of slavery encompassed a range of physical and metaphysical conditions beyond the transatlantic slave trade. Without eliding the real and important differences between slave systems operating in the Atlantic world, this collection is a starting point for understanding the manner in which slavery became a powerful rhetorical device for helping British audiences gain a new perspective on their own position with respect to their government and the global sphere.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Srividhya Swaminathan is Associate Professor of English at Long Island University, USA, and Adam R. Beach is Associate Professor of English at Ball State University, USA.
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Introduction, SrividhyaSwaminathan, Adam R.Beach Part 1 Invocations of "Foreign" or Captive Enslavement Chapter 1 The Good-Treatment Debate, Comparative Slave Studies, and the "Adventures" of T.S., Adam R.Beach Chapter 2 Love's Slave, AmyWitherbee Chapter 3 Defoe's Captain Singleton, SrividhyaSwaminathan Part 2 Political Invocations of Slavery and Liberty Chapter 4, JeffreyGalbraith Chapter 5 Hannah More's Slavery and James Thomson's Liberty, Brett D.Wilson Part 3 Invocations of Slavery in British Systems of Servitude Chapter 6 "Servants Have the Worser Lives", LauraMartin Chapter 7 Indentured Servitude as Colonial America's "Semi-Slavery Business" in Sally Gunning's Bound, AnnCampbell Chapter 8 Slavey, or the New Drudge, RoxannWheeler Chapter 101 Review Essay, GeorgeBoulukos
Introduction, SrividhyaSwaminathan, Adam R.Beach Part 1 Invocations of "Foreign" or Captive Enslavement Chapter 1 The Good-Treatment Debate, Comparative Slave Studies, and the "Adventures" of T.S., Adam R.Beach Chapter 2 Love's Slave, AmyWitherbee Chapter 3 Defoe's Captain Singleton, SrividhyaSwaminathan Part 2 Political Invocations of Slavery and Liberty Chapter 4, JeffreyGalbraith Chapter 5 Hannah More's Slavery and James Thomson's Liberty, Brett D.Wilson Part 3 Invocations of Slavery in British Systems of Servitude Chapter 6 "Servants Have the Worser Lives", LauraMartin Chapter 7 Indentured Servitude as Colonial America's "Semi-Slavery Business" in Sally Gunning's Bound, AnnCampbell Chapter 8 Slavey, or the New Drudge, RoxannWheeler Chapter 101 Review Essay, GeorgeBoulukos
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