The noble slaves / Penelope Aubin ; edited by Carol Stewart.
| Author/creator | Aubin, Penelope author. |
| Other author | Stewart, Carol (Carol Ann), editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, 2023. |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Series | Broadview editions Broadview editions. ^A997039 |
| Abstract | "The framing narrative in The Noble Slaves takes the form of a series of shipwrecks, periods of captivity, escapes, and the eventual reunion of two married couples. Penelope Aubin reworks the story of a castaway in Robinson Crusoe but makes women the central characters; the novel can be seen as a woman-centric revision of Defoe. Representing the East as the site of despotism and unbridled lust, it is also an important example of Orientalist narratives and a distinctive inflection of the many tales of aristocratic, heroic love that formed the mass of fiction in the early modern period. Despite the authoŕs claim to avoid ́those loose Writings which debauch the Mind́ in a work which will offer the reader virtuous models to imitate, The Noble Slaves is not lacking in sexual incident, violence, transgression and adventure, all introduced at giddying speed́but it also participates in complex ways in the debate about tyranny and slavery that informed discussion about power in the state, the family, and marriage in the late-seventeenth and eighteenth centuries."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic formats. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Aubin, Penelope, approximately 1679-approximately 1738. Noble slaves. Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, 2023 1460408233 9781770488915 |
| Genre/form | Novels. |
| ISBN | 9781554816231 |
| ISBN | 1554816238 (softcover) |
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