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Writing Race Across the Atlantic World : Medieval to Modern /

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This collection of original essays explores the origins of contemporary notions of race in the oceanic interculture of the Atlantic world in the early modern period. In doing so, it breaks down institutional boundaries between 'American' and 'British' literature in this early per...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Beidler, Philip D. (Editor), Taylor, Gary (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Series:Signs of race.
Subjects:
Literature.
Cultural Theory.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
European History.
Literary Theory.
North American Literature.
US History.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Literature > Philosophy.
Literature, Modern.
America > Literatures.
Europe > History.
United States > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This collection of original essays explores the origins of contemporary notions of race in the oceanic interculture of the Atlantic world in the early modern period. In doing so, it breaks down institutional boundaries between 'American' and 'British' literature in this early period, as well as between 'history' and 'literature'. Individual essays address the ways in which categories of 'race' - black brown, red and white, African American and Afro-Caribbean, Spanish and Jewish, English and Celtic, native American and Northern European, creole and mestizo - were constructed or adapted by early modern writers. The collection brings together a top collection of historians and literary critics specializing in early modern Britain and early America.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages)
ISBN:9781403980830
DOI:10.1057/9781403980830