Verfasst von:	Richardson, Robbie [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	The savage and modern self
Titelzusatz:	North-American indians in eighteenth-century British literature and culture
Verf.angabe:	Robbie Richardson
Verlagsort:	Toronto ; Buffalo ; London
Verlag:	University of Toronto Press
E-Jahr:	2018
Jahr:	[2018]
Umfang:	x, 247 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen
ISBN:	1-4875-0344-X
	978-1-4875-0344-4
Abstract:	"The Savage and Modern Self examines the representations of North American "Indians" in novels, poetry, plays, and material culture from eighteenth-century Britain. Author Robbie Richardson argues that depictions of "Indians" in British literature were used to critique and articulate evolving ideas about consumerism, colonialism, "Britishness," and, ultimately, the "modern self" over the course of the century. Considering the ways in which British writers represented contact between Britons and "Indians," both at home and abroad, the author shows how these sites of contact moved from a self-affirmation of British authority earlier in the century, to a mutual corruption, to a desire to appropriate perceived traits of "Indianess." Looking at texts exclusively produced in Britain, The Savage and Modern Self reveals that "the modern" finds definition through imagined scenes of cultural contact. By the end of the century, Richardson concludes, the hybrid Indian-Brition emerging in literature and visual culture exemplifies a form of modern, British masculinity."--Provided by publisher
Schlagwörter:	(s)Englisch    / (s)Literatur    / (s)Wilder    / (s)Indianer <Motiv>    / (z)Geschichte 1700-1799
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Richardson, Robbie, 1979 - : The savage and modern self. - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2018. - 1 Online-Ressource (x, 247 Seiten)
	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Richardson, Robbie, 1979 - : The savage and modern self. - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2018. - 1 Online-Ressource (x, 247 Seiten)
RVK-Notation:	HL 1101
	HK 1091
Sach-SW:	Indians in literature
	English literature
	National characteristics, British, in literature
K10plus-PPN:	1022241036