The romance of the New World : gender and the literary formations of English colonialism

The romance of the New World : gender and the literary formations of English colonialism / Joan Pong Linton.

Author/creator	Linton, Joan Pong
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Description	xii, 268 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700 --History and criticism. English literature--American influences. Literature and history--England --History --16th century. Literature and history--England --History --17th century. National characteristics, English, in literature. Masculinity in literature. Gender identity in literature. Colonies in literature. Sex role in literature. Men in literature. America--Discovery and exploration --British. America--In literature.

Series	Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 27 Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 27. ^A305488
Contents	Love's laborers: the busy heroes of romance and empire -- Sea-knights and royal virgins: American gold and its discontents in lodge's A Margarite of America (1596) -- Jack of Newbery and Drake in California: domestic and colonial narratives of English cloth and manhood -- Eros and science: the discourses of magical consumerism -- Gender, savagery, tobacco: marketplaces for consumption -- Inconstancy: coming to Indians through Troilus and Cressida -- The Tempest, "rape," the art and smart of Virginian husbandry -- Coda: the masks of Pocahontas.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-260) and index.
LCCN	97030145
ISBN	0521594545 (hardcover)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR129.A4 L56 1998	✔ Available	Place Hold