Table of Contents
List of Figures vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1 (176)
Captivity, Cultural Contact, and 10 (31)
Commodification
Between England and America: Captivity, 41 (22)
Sympathy, and the sentimental Novel
Republican Motherhood and Political 63 (29)
Representation in Postrevolutionary America
The Imperialist Audience: Nationalism and 92 (26)
Sympathy in the Frontier Romance
Sympathetic Agency and Colonization in Uncle 118(29)
Tom's Cabin
Loopholes of Resistance: Strategies of 147(30)
Mimicry in Incidents in the Life of a Slave
Girl
Conclusion 170(7)
Notes 177(16)
Works Cited 193(14)
Index 207