The savage and modern self : North American Indians in eighteenth-century British literature and culture /

Richardson, Robbie, 1979-

The savage and modern self : North American Indians in eighteenth-century British literature and culture / Robbie Richardson. - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Indians and the Construction of Britishness in the Early Eighteenth Century; 2 The Indian as Cultural Critic: Shaping the British Self; 3 Captivity Narratives and Colonialism; 4 Novel Indians: Tsonnonthouan and the Commodification of Culture; 5 Becoming Indians: Sentiment and the Hybrid British Subject; 6 Native North American Material Culture in the British Imaginary; Conclusion: "Pen-and-Ink Work"; Notes; Bibliography; Index

The Savage and Modern Self examines the representation of North American ""Indians"" in novels, poetry, plays, and material culture from eighteenth-century Britain.





9781487517946


Indians in literature.
English literature--History and criticism.--18th century
National characteristics, British, in literature.


Electronic Books.

PR448 / .S283 2018