Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Colonialism and Eighteenth-Century Studies 1
5. Virtualizations
6. ONE. Petting Oroonoko 29
7. TWO. Piratical Accounts 71
8. THREE. The Stoic's Voice 103
9. Levantinizations
10. FOUR. Lady Mary in the Hammam 159
11. FIVE. The Despotic Eye and the Oriental Sublime 190
12. Nationalizations
13. SIX. Equiano and the Politics of Literacy 233
14. SEVEN. Tropicalizing the Enlightenment 289
15. Conclusion 326
16. Notes 333
17. Index 411