Penelope Aubin: The Noble Slaves

Stewart, Carol, ed. (2023) Penelope Aubin: The Noble Slaves. Broadview Press, Peterborough, Ontario. ISBN 9781554816231

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Abstract

This is the first ever critical edition of Penelope Aubin’s The Noble Slaves, a novel that shows women as both moral exemplars and independent adventurers in foreign lands. Its tales of seduction, imprisonment, and escape engage with contemporary debates about arbitrary authority and slavery—particularly in relation to the lives of women. In one brief and fast-paced novel, Aubin brings together the aristocratic romance and the world of trade with the themes of empire and colonialism. Sometimes assessed as a pious conservative or a popular sensationalist, Aubin used fiction as a vehicle for addressing the deepest moral and political concerns of her time, and The Noble Slaves will allow new readers to understand her importance to the history of the novel. The appendices to this Broadview Edition include contemporary fiction and historical documents on slavery, piracy, and Orientalism.

Item Type:	Book
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Research Group
Related URLs:	https://broadviewpress.com/product/the-n...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	21 May 2024 12:30
Last Modified:	21 May 2024 12:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/95267
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