Title Transatlantic stories and the history of reading, 1720-1810 : migrant fictions / Eve Tavor Bannet

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 293 pages) : map Contents 1. Strange adventures -- 2. Captivity and antislavery -- 3. The parallel Atlantic economy -- 4. Fortune's footballs -- 5. The bonds of servitude -- 6. Bond and free: contemporary readings of Gronniosaw's Life -- 7. Samson Occom's itinerancies -- 8. Robert Bell's theaters of war: the war on politeness -- 9. Robert Bell's theaters of war: the war upon war Summary "Eve Tavor Bannet explores some of the remarkable stories about the Atlantic world that shaped Britons' and Americans' perceptions of that world. These stories about women, servants, the poor and the dispossessed were frequently rewritten or reframed by editors and printers in America and Britain for changing audiences, times and circumstances. Bannet shows how they were read by examining what contemporaries said about them and did with them; in doing so, she reveals the creatively dynamic and unstable character of transatlantic print culture. Stories include the 'other' Robinson Crusoe and works by Penelope Aubin, Rowlandson, Chetwood, Tyler, Kimber, Richardson, Gronniosaw, Equiano, Cugoano Marrant, Samson Occom, Mackenzie and Pratt"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-289) and index Notes Print version record Subject English literature -- Appreciation -- United States American literature -- Appreciation -- Great Britain Comparative literature -- English and American Comparative literature -- American and English Books and reading -- History -- 18th century Liberty in literature. Publishers and publishing -- History -- 18th century Adventure stories, English -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Adventure stories, English American literature -- Appreciation Books and reading Comparative literature -- American and English Comparative literature -- English and American English literature -- Appreciation Liberty in literature Literature Publishers and publishing Travel Literatur. Englisch. Amerikanisches Englisch. Literaturbeziehungen. Engelsk litteratur -- mottagande -- Förenta staterna. Amerikansk litteratur -- mottagande -- Storbritannien. Böcker och läsning -- historia -- 1700-talet. Bokutgivning -- historia -- 1700-talet. SUBJECT Atlantic Ocean Region -- In literature Atlantic Ocean Region -- Description and travel -- History Atlantic Ocean Region -- Description and travel Subject Atlantic Ocean Region Great Britain United States Atlantischer Ozean. USA. Grossbritannien. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139078795 1139078798 1283112833 9781283112833 9781139081061 1139081063

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