Atlantic Circulations - Literature, Reception and Imperial Identities, 1650-1750

Atlantic Circulations investigates literary conversations about empire in the British Atlantic world, c.1650-1750.

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. 'Readie to passe to the American strand': Herbert's The Temple, Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor
3. Reading the Revolution in Ulster and Maryland: William Trail's Miscellany, 1679-1690
4. Scotland in the Atlantic World: Literary Responses to the Darien Crisis
5. The Commercial Atlantic: John Dunton's 'A Summer's Ramble' and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
6. Milton and Toleration in the Early Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World: Cotton Mather, Benjamin Franklin, and Benjamin Lay
7. The Barbados Gazette and the Lyrics of Martha Fowke Sansom
8. James Thomson's The Seasons, British Union, and the Empire of the Seas
9. Conclusion

About the author

Edward Holberton is Associate Professor of Early Modern English Literature at the University of Bristol, UK. His previous publications include Poetry and the Cromwellian Protectorate: Culture, Politics, and Institutions (2009) and, as co-editor (with Martin Dzelzainis), The Oxford Handbook of Andrew Marvell (2019).

Summary

Atlantic Circulations investigates literary conversations about empire in the British Atlantic world, c.1650-1750.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Holberton, Holberton Edward
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032704203
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3270420-3
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Worlds of Knowledge
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; North America, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Colonialism & imperialism, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Colonialism and imperialism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, History and Archaeology, Early 18th century c 1700 to c 1750, Later 17th century c 1650 to c 1699