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Scottish colonial literature : writing the atlantic, 1603-1707 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandrock, Kirsten A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]
Series:Edinburgh critical studies in Atlantic literatures and cultures.
Subjects:
Scottish literature > To 1700.
Colonization in literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Series Editors' Preface
  • 1. Introduction: Scottish Colonial Literature, 1603-1707
  • 2. Shifting Paradigms: Nova Scotia and 'New' Scotland
  • When is Utopia? A 'New' Scotland at Home and Abroad
  • What is Utopia? Framing the Early Stuart Empire
  • Where is Utopia? Nova Scotia and the Virginia Company
  • Whose Utopia?
  • 3. Scotland's Atlantic Visions, 1660-1691
  • Scottish Drama and the Atlantic
  • Atlantic Visions: Law, Order and Land
  • Internal and External Colonialisms
  • Religion, Slavery and the Paradox of Freedom
  • 4. Darien, the Golden Dream
  • Literary Darien, 1701-2010
  • 'Golden' Darien
  • Colonial Myths
  • 5. Conclusion: Failure and Scottish Colonialism
  • Works Cited
  • Index