Mediterranean Slavery and World Literature : Captivity Genres from Cervantes to Rousseau

Mediterranean Slavery and World Literature is a collection of selected essays about the transformations of captivity experiences in major early modern texts of world literature and popular media, including works by Cervantes, de Vega, Defoe, Rousseau, and Mozart. Where most studies of Mediterranean slavery, until now, have been limited to historical and autobiographical accounts, this volume looks specifically at literary adaptations from a multicultural perspective.

Mediterranean Slavery and World Literature, is a collection of selected essays which brings to light the literary transformations of the captivity experience in major early modern texts of world literature and popular media, including works by Cervantes, de Vega, Defoe, Rousseau, Mozart, and Droste.Where most studies of slavery, until now, have been limited to historial and autobiographical accounts, this mongraph look speicifically at the treatment of literary texts that touch upon on the subject, and does so from a multicutlural perspective.