Buried in shades of night : contested voices, Indian captivity, and the legacy of King Philip's War /

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This critical examination of Mary Rowlandson's 1682 publication, The Soveraignty and Goodness of God, reconsiders the role of the captivity narrative in American literary history and national identity. With pivotal new research into Puritan minister Increase Mather's influence on the narra...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stratton, Billy J., 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Rowlandson, Mary White, > approximately 1635-1711. > Soveraignty & goodness of God.
Rowlandson, Mary White, > approximately 1635-1711.
Soveraignty & goodness of God (Rowlandson, Mary White)
1600-1776
Indian captivities > Massachusetts.
Indians of North America > Massachusetts > Biography.
Indians of North America > Massachusetts > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1776.
King Philip's War, 1675-1676.
Indians in literature > History and criticism.
Prisonniers des Indiens d'Amérique > Massachusetts.
Peuples autochtones > Massachusetts > Biographies.
Guerre du roi Philippe, 1675-1676.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Indian captivities.
Indians in literature.
Indians of North America.
Massachusetts.
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • “Like a company of sheep torn by wolves” : Transatlantic Influences on the Development of the Indian Captivity Narrative
  • Exile, Deterritorialization, and Intertextuality : The Cartographic Impulse of Puritan Historiography
  • “And I Only Am Escaped To Tell The News” : Witnessing History in the True Narrative of Mary Rowlandson’s Captivity
  • Fractured Histories, Captive Subjects : The Masque of Textual Effacement
  • Representing the Native in the Twenty-First Century : “A Strange Fish” Still?

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