Title: Captivity and Sentiment
Subtitle: Cultural Exchange in American Literature, 1682-1861
First published: 1997
Description: In a radically new interpretation and synthesis of highly popular 18th- and 19th-century genres, Michelle Burnham examines the literature of captivity, and, using Homi Bhabha's concept of interstitiality as a base, provides a valuable redescription of the ambivalent origins of the US national narrative.
Subjects: History and criticism, American literature, Sentimentalism in literature, Slavery in literature, Colonies in literature, Imperialism in literature, Imprisonment in literature, Intercultural communication in literature
Time periods: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Revolutionary period, 1775-1783, 19th century
LC classification: PS186 .B87 1997