Author:
Ingrassia, Catherine, author.
ImprintCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022.
Descriptionx, 301 pages ; 24 cm
Note:Prologue: reading captivity -- Cultures of captivity -- Captivating farce: Aphra Ben's The emperor of the moon -- Domesticating captivity: Richard Steele's The conscious lovers -- Barbary captivity: Penelope Aubin in The noble slaves -- "Indentured slaves": British captivity in Colonial America -- Afterword: domesticating captivity.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-283) and index.
Note:"This book considers fictional texts by British authors from the Restoration and first half of the eighteenth century in which captivity centrally informs identity, actions, or human relationships for white British subjects. The exercise of institutional and personal power could create conditions in which those least empowered, particularly women, perceived themselves to be captive subjects. This "domestic captivity" is intimately connected to England's substantial involvement in the systematic enslavement of kidnapped Africans, even as early fictional narratives ignore the experience of enslaved people. The book looks at canonical authors such as Aphra Behn, Richard Steele, and Eliza Haywood, as well as popular writers such as Penelope Aubin and Edward Kimber"-- Provided by publisher.
