Captivity & Sentiment: Cultural Exchange in American Literature, 1682-1861 (Reencounters With Colonialism)

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.