12. ‘‘We All Smoke Here’’: Behn’S The Widdow Ranter And The Invention Of American Identity

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword xi
4. Introduction: Sea Changes 1
5. Part I Reading Encounters
6. 1. The Conquest Of Eden: Possession And Dominion In Early Virginia 25
7. 2. Powhatans Abroad: Virginia Indians In England 49
8. 3. John Smith Maps Virginia: Knowledge, Rhetoric, And Politics 68
9. 4. The Politics Of Pathos: Richard Frethorne’S Letters Home 92
10. Part II The World Stage
11. 5. The Specter Of Spain In John Smith’S Colonial Writing 111
12. 6. The White Othello: Turkey And Virginia In John Smith’S True Travels 135
13. 7. England, Morocco, And Global Geopolitical Upheaval 152
14. 8. Irish Colonies And The Americas 172
15. Part III American Metamorphosis
16. 9. Hunger In Early Virginia: Indians And English Facing Off Over Excess, Want, And Need 195
17. 10. Between ‘‘Plain Wilderness’’ And ‘‘Goodly Corn Fields’’: Representing Land Use In Early Virginia 217
18. 11. Settling With Slavery: Human Bondage In The Early Anglo-Atlantic World 236
19. 12. ‘‘We All Smoke Here’’: Behn’S The Widdow Ranter And The Invention Of American Identity 254
20. Conclusion: Jamestown And Its North Atlantic World 275
21. Notes 289
22. Bibliography 325
23. Contributors 357
24. Index 359
25. Acknowledgments 369