On lingering and being last

Elmer, Jonathan, 1961-

On lingering and being last race and sovereignty in the New World / [electronic resource] : Jonathan Elmer. - 1st ed. - New York : Fordham University Press, 2008. - viii, 260 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

On lingering and being last : Aphra Behn and the deterritorialized sovereign -- The future perfect king : Olaudah Equiano and the poetics of experience -- Was Billy black? Herman Melville and the captive king -- Jefferson's convulsions : archiving Logan -- Sovereignty, race, and melancholy in the transatlantic romantic novel -- Treaties, trauma, trees : the dream of Hadwin.


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American literature--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.
Sovereignty in literature.
Race in literature.


Electronic books.

PS186 / .E56 2008eb

810.9/355