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Reading the West Indies: Empire, Slavery, and the Rise of the Novel

Description:

This dissertation contends that the historic events of the eighteenth-century Caribbean directly shaped the rise of the novel. The first chapter considers the conflicting cultural representations of the eighteenth-century pirate in the burgeoning genre of the maritime picaresque. The second...

Author:

Barnett-Woods, Victoria

Keyword:

Transatlantic Slave Trade, Transatlanticism, Atlantic Studies, Eighteenth-century literature, Rise of the Novel, and Caribbean diaspora

GW Unit:

English

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

DeWispelare, Daniel and Wallace, Tara G

Committee Member(s):

Bauer, Ralph, O'Malley, Patrick, James, Jennifer, and Lopez, Antonio

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation