Title Writing captivity in the early modern Atlantic : circulations of knowledge and authority in the Iberian and English imperial worlds / Lisa Voigt

Published Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2009] ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 339 pages) : illustrations Series Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia Contents Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: The "True History" of Captivity Narratives in the Iberian Empires; CHAPTER TWO: Captivity, Exile, and Interpretation in el Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's La Florida del Inca; CHAPTER THREE: The Captive Subject and the Creole Author in Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán's Cautiverio feliz y razón individual de las guerras dilatadas del reino de Chile; CHAPTER FOUR: Writing Home: The Captive Hero in José de Santa Rita Durão's Caramuru CHAPTER FIVE: "An English Harvest of Spanish and Portugall Seede": Captives and Captured Texts in English New World WritingConclusion: Comparative Crossings; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z Summary Drawing on texts written by and about European and Euro-American captives in a variety of languages and genres, this book explores the role of captivity in the production of knowledge, identity, and authority in the early modern imperial world. The practice of captivity attests to the violence that infused relations between peoples of different faiths and cultures in an age of extraordinary religious divisiveness and imperial ambitions Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed March 15, 2017) Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize, 2009 Subject Captivity narratives -- America Europeans -- America -- Ethnic identity -- Historiography Intercultural communication -- America -- Historiography Authority in literature. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. Authority in literature British colonies Captivity narratives Ethnic relations -- Historiography Historiography Portuguese colonies Spanish colonies SUBJECT America -- Ethnic relations -- History -- To 1500 -- Historiography America -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 16th century -- Historiography America -- Church history -- Historiography Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Historiography Portugal -- Colonies -- America -- Historiography Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Historiography Portugal -- Colonies -- Historiography Subject America Genre/Form Church history History Form Electronic book Author Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, issuing body. LC no. 2008023202 ISBN 9781469600284 1469600285 0807838780 9780807838785 0807838748 9780807838747

Other Titles Circulations of knowledge and authority in the Iberian and English imperial worlds

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