{"product_id":"the-female-american-second-edition-or-the-adventures-of-unca-eliza-winkfield-9781554810963","title":"The Female American - Second Edition: Or, the Adventures of Unca Eliza Winkfield","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen it first appeared in 1767, this novel was called a \"sort of second \u003cem\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/em\u003e; full of wonders.\" Indeed, \u003cem\u003eThe Female American\u003c\/em\u003e is an adventure novel about an English protagonist shipwrecked on a deserted isle, where survival requires both individual ingenuity and careful negotiations with visiting local Indians. But what most distinguishes Winkfield's novel is her protagonist, a woman who is of mixed race. Though the era's popular novels typically featured women in the confining contexts of the home and the bourgeois marriage market, Winkfield's novel portrays an autonomous and mobile heroine living alone in the wilds of the New World, independently interacting with both Native Americans and visiting Europeans. \u003cem\u003eThe Female American\u003c\/em\u003e is also one of the earliest novelistic efforts to articulate an American identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second edition has been updated throughout and includes a greatly expanded selection of historical materials on castaway narratives and on the cultural context of colonial America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMichelle Burnham\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English at Santa Clara University. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJames Freitas\u003c\/strong\u003e is an undergraduate student in English at Santa Clara University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50505162522898,"sku":"9781554810963","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7a1be8bc-d644-4c01-9b4a-b92cddd4a29c.jpg?v=1730834818","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-female-american-second-edition-or-the-adventures-of-unca-eliza-winkfield-9781554810963","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}