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Thesis
Vergil in the "Wracke" and the "Comming to Virginia": William Strachey's structural, literary, and ideological adaptation of the Aeneid
University of West Florida,
Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida
2021
Abstract
This paper investigates William Strachey's A True Reportory, a stylized eyewitness account of Strachey's 1609-1610 voyage to the Jamestown colony, showing how the text utilizes Vergil's Aeneid to set a precedent for the British colonization of the New World. By using the Aeneid as a resource for A True Reportory, I argue that Strachey is committed to creating a new and active history for Jamestown by connecting the ongoing foundation of Jamestown to that of the Roman Empire, an empire destined for greatness, in the attempt to align his account with the promotional goals of the Virginia Company. In particular, I will show that Strachey leverages Rome's greatness to induce the British population to take a more active role in the larger North American colonial project, while also using uniquely Roman paradigms of colonialism to legitimize Britain's possession of Jamestown and place the British experience within a known colonial framework.
Details
- Title
- Vergil in the "Wracke" and the "Comming to Virginia"
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Publisher
- University of West Florida,; [Pensacola, Florida] :
- Format
- text;electronic resource;remote;computer;online resource
- Number of pages
- 1 online resource (v, 34 leaves)
- Copyright
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
- Identifiers
- 99380090849006600
- Academic Unit
- English
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Arts (MA)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida