Colonial transformations : the cultural production of the New Atlantic World, 1580-1640

Colonial Transformations covers early modern English poetry and plays, Gaelic poetry, and a wide range of English colonial propaganda. In the book, Bach contends that England's colonial ambitions surface in all of its literary texts. Those texts played multiple roles in England's colonial expansions and emerging imperialism. Those roles included publicizing colonial efforts, defining some people as white and some as barbarians, constituting enduring stereotypes of native people, and resisting official versions of colonial encounters. Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 List of Illustrations 10 Acknowledgments 12 Introduction: Colonial Transformations 16 Chapter 1 Colonial Poetics in Spenser's Amoretti 51 Chapter 2 Bermuda's Ireland: Naming the Colonial World 80 Chapter 3 The New Atlantic World Transformed on the London Stage 126 Chapter 4 Colonial Transformations in Court and City Entertainments 162 Chapter 5 "A Virginia Maske" 204 Epilogue: Late-Twentieth-Century Transformations: Pocahontas and Captain John Smith in Late-Twentieth-Century Jamestown 233 Notes 245 Bibliography 270 Index 292 Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction: Colonial Transformations....Pages 1-35 Colonial Poetics in Spenser’s Amoretti....Pages 37-65 Bermuda’s Ireland: Naming the Colonial World....Pages 67-112 The New Atlantic World Transformed on the London Stage....Pages 113-148 Colonial Transformations in Court and City Entertainments....Pages 149-190 “A Virginia Maske”....Pages 191-219 Epilogue: Late-Twentieth-Century Transformations: Pocahontas and Captain John Smith in Late-Twentieth-Century Jamestown....Pages 221-232 Back Matter....Pages 233-290 "In the book, Bach contends that England's colonial ambitions surface in all of its literary texts, which played multiple roles in England's colonial expansions and emerging imperialism. Those roles included publicizing colonial efforts, defining some people as "white" and some as "savages," constituting enduring stereotypes of native people, and resisting official versions of colonial encounters."--Jacket