Naked and Alone in a Strange New World : Early Modern Captivity and its Mythos
ISBN: 9781443816052
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Subjects: Literature;

Naked and Alone is a comparative analysis of early modern captivity narratives that chronicle the harrowing experiences of a few Iberians and one Hessian in the New World during the century of exploration and colonization. Included among them are the tales of Jernimo de Aguilar and Gonzalo Guerrero, ulvar Nez Cabeza de Vaca, Juan Ortiz, Hans Stade, and Francisco Nez de Pineda y Bascuin. After years of captivity that stripped the unfortunate men of their cultural identity, they eventual..."


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