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

Times: 18th century,  Early modern, 1500-1700