Author: Robert Knox
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Category : Sri Lanka
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Account of the Captivity of Robert Knox and Other Englishmen, in the Island of Ceylon
Author: Robert Knox
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Category : Sri Lanka
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Publisher:
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Category : Sri Lanka
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Account of the Captivity of Robert Knox and Other Englishmen, in the Island of Ceylon
Author: Robert Knox
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Category : Sri Lanka
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Category : Sri Lanka
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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An Account of the Captivity and Escape of Captain Robert Knox
Author: Robert Knox
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Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon
Author: Robert Knox
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Category : Sri Lanka
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Sri Lanka
Languages : en
Pages :
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Caught between Worlds
Author: Joe Snader
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813184444
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
The captivity narrative has always been a literary genre associated with America. Joe Snader argues, however, that captivity narratives emerged much earlier in Britain, coinciding with European colonial expansion, the development of anthropology, and the rise of liberal political thought. Stories of Europeans held captive in the Middle East, America, Africa, and Southeast Asia appeared in the British press from the late sixteenth through the late eighteenth centuries, and captivity narratives were frequently featured during the early development of the novel. Until the mid-eighteenth century, British examples of the genre outpaced their American cousins in length, frequency of publication, attention to anthropological detail, and subjective complexity. 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. Caught Between Worlds presents a broad, rich, and flexible definition of the captivity narrative, placing the American strain in its proper place within the tradition as a whole. Snader, having assembled the first bibliography of British captivity narratives, analyzes both factual texts and a large body of fictional works, revealing the ways they helped define British identity and challenged Britons to rethink the place of their nation in the larger world.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813184444
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
The captivity narrative has always been a literary genre associated with America. Joe Snader argues, however, that captivity narratives emerged much earlier in Britain, coinciding with European colonial expansion, the development of anthropology, and the rise of liberal political thought. Stories of Europeans held captive in the Middle East, America, Africa, and Southeast Asia appeared in the British press from the late sixteenth through the late eighteenth centuries, and captivity narratives were frequently featured during the early development of the novel. Until the mid-eighteenth century, British examples of the genre outpaced their American cousins in length, frequency of publication, attention to anthropological detail, and subjective complexity. 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. Caught Between Worlds presents a broad, rich, and flexible definition of the captivity narrative, placing the American strain in its proper place within the tradition as a whole. Snader, having assembled the first bibliography of British captivity narratives, analyzes both factual texts and a large body of fictional works, revealing the ways they helped define British identity and challenged Britons to rethink the place of their nation in the larger world.
Voyages and Travels Mainly During the 16th and 17th Centuries ...
Author: Thomas Seccombe
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Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 482
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The Waterloo Roll Call
Author: Charles Dalton
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Category : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Category : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898
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Category : Demarcation line of Alexander VI.
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Demarcation line of Alexander VI.
Languages : en
Pages :
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Writing that Conquers
Author: Sarojini Jayawickrama
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Category : Sri Lanka
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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Category : Sri Lanka
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton (辛格頓船長)
Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher: Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
PMThat all Defoe's novels, with the exception of 'Robinson Crusoe,'' should have been covered with the dust of neglect for many generations, is a plain proof of how much fashions in taste affect the popularity of the British classics. It is true that three generations or so ago, Defoe's works were edited by both Sir Walter Scott and Hazliit, and that this masterly piece of realism, 'Captain Singleton,' was reprinted a few years back in 'The Camelot Classics,' but it is safe to say that out of every thousand readers of 'Robinson Crusoe' only one or two will have even heard of the 'Memoirs of a Cavalier,' 'Colonel Jack,' 'Moll Flanders,' or 'Captain Singleton'.
Publisher: Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
PMThat all Defoe's novels, with the exception of 'Robinson Crusoe,'' should have been covered with the dust of neglect for many generations, is a plain proof of how much fashions in taste affect the popularity of the British classics. It is true that three generations or so ago, Defoe's works were edited by both Sir Walter Scott and Hazliit, and that this masterly piece of realism, 'Captain Singleton,' was reprinted a few years back in 'The Camelot Classics,' but it is safe to say that out of every thousand readers of 'Robinson Crusoe' only one or two will have even heard of the 'Memoirs of a Cavalier,' 'Colonel Jack,' 'Moll Flanders,' or 'Captain Singleton'.