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Companion to the Literatures of Colonial America.

Consisting of more than 30 original essays by leading scholars in the field, this book provides an introduction to Colonial American literatures. Divided into four main sections, it situates texts in their various historical and cultural contexts, including colonialism, imperialism, diaspora, and na...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Castillo, Susan P., 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
Colección:Blackwell companions to literature and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A Companion to the Literatures of Colonial America; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Prologomenal Thinking: Some Possibilities and Limits of Comparitive Desire; 2 First Peoples: An Introduction to Early Native American Studies; 3 Toward a Cultural Geography of Colonial American Literatures:Empire, Location, Creolization; 4 Textual Investments: Economics and Colonial American Literatures; 5 The Culture of Colonial America: Theology and Aesthetics; 6 Teaching the Text of Early American Literature.
  • 7 Teaching with the New Technology: Three Intriguing Opportunities8 Recovering Precolonial American Literary History:"The Origin of Stories" and the Popol Vub; 9 Toltec Mirrors: Europeans and Native Americans in Each Other's Eyes; 10 Reading for Indian Resistance; 11 Refocusing New Spain and Spanish Colonization: Malinche, Guadalupe, and Sor Juana; 12 British Colonial Expansion Westwards: Ireland and America; 13 The French Relation and Its ''Hidden'' Colonial History; 14 Vision.