 | Political Magic: British Fictions of Savagery and Sovereignty, 1650-1750 Subjects: Political fiction English -- History and criticism; English fiction -- 17th century -- History and criticism; English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Politics and lite; Discusses fictional encounters between Europeans and purportedly "savage" people in late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century literature, arguing that these fictions illuminate debates about sovereignty, violence, and political community. Examines works by Thomas Hobbes, Margaret Cavendish, Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, and Eliza Haywood. Loar Christopher F. : Christopher F. Loar is Assistant Professor of English at Western Washington University. |
