On lingering and being last : race and sovereignty in the New World / Jonathan Elmer.

Author/creator Elmer, Jonathan, 1961-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Fordham University Press, 2008.
Descriptionviii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents On lingering and being last : Aphra Behn and the deterritorialized sovereign -- The future perfect king : Olaudah Equiano and the poetics of experience -- Was Billy black? Herman Melville and the captive king -- Jefferson's convulsions : archiving Logan -- Sovereignty, race, and melancholy in the transatlantic romantic novel -- Treaties, trauma, trees : the dream of Hadwin.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-248) and index.
ISBN9780823229406
ISBN0823229408
ISBN0823229416 (pbk.)
ISBN9780823229413 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS 185 .E56 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold