Title: Caught between worlds
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: American literature, Captivity narratives, English fiction, English influences, English prose literature, History and criticism, Intellectual life, Narration (Rhetoric)
Places: English-speaking countries, Great Britain
Time periods: 18th century, Early modern, 1500-1700