dc.contributor.advisor | Langley, April C. E. | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Kneisley, Bri | eng |
dc.coverage.spatial | Suriname | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2008 Spring | eng |
dc.description | The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. | eng |
dc.description | Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on September 5, 2008) | eng |
dc.description | Thesis (M.A.) University of Missouri-Columbia 2008. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Though John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam is not completely unfamiliar to literary scholars studying eighteenth-century depictions of African chattel slavery, it has traditionally been used as context for studying other literature. This study aims to elevate Stedman's Narrative from context to text. As such, I first provide a framework for literary study of the Narrative and then begin exploring a central theme in the work: economics. Using a conflicted narrator who is troubled by his role as a mercenary soldier, Stedman demonstrates the difficulty of balancing ethics and economics. By juxtaposing the narrator's multiple and multivalent attempts to assess the value of his lover, I expose the underlying economic structure of their romantic relationship. I then discuss the ways in which the narrator grapples with other aspects of the economics of slavery. Ultimately, I argue that Stedman uses his narrator's failed attempts at making sense of his positions as a mercenary soldier and a moral agent to recreate the confusion inherent to trying to fully comprehend the repercussions of slavery. | eng |
dc.description.bibref | Includes bibliographical references. | eng |
dc.identifier.merlin | b64639575 | eng |
dc.identifier.oclc | 245538032 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/5653 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/5653 | |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri-Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations. Theses. 2008 Theses | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797 -- Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Slavery | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Personal property | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Africans | eng |
dc.title | Valuable drops of gold : exploring economics in John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative of a five years expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | English (MU) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | eng |
thesis.degree.name | M.A. | eng |