Internal Logic: A Literary History of Domestic Captivity

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Alison Conway

doi:10.1353/ecy.2024.a969444

September 1, 2024The Eighteenth century/The eighteenth century (Lubbock, Tex. Online)

Internal Logic: A Literary History of Domestic Captivity

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Key Points

Literary representations of domestic captivity influence cultural perceptions of confinement and subjection, both at home and overseas.
Catherine Ingrassia's work provides insight into the cultural context surrounding domestic captivity during the period 1660–1750.
The examination reveals the interplay between literature and societal norms related to restraint and domesticity amid historical changes.
Understanding domestic captivity offers a critical lens on the history of the British subject, reflecting broader cultural themes.

Implication

Review highlights how literary representations of domestic captivity shape understandings of subjection and restraint.

Abstract

A review of Catherine Ingrassia's Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660–1750 (2022), which examines how literary representations of domestic captivity shaped cultural understandings of confinement, restraint, and subjection both at home and abroad.

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