Allegories of Encounter : Colonial Literacy and Indian Captivities /

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"Presenting an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to colonial America's best-known literary genre, Andrew Newman analyzes depictions of reading, writing, and recollecting texts in Indian captivity narratives. While histories of literacy and colonialism have emphasized the experiences o...

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Main Author: Newman, Andrew, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, and the University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Literacy.
Indian captivities.
Captivity narratives.
HISTORY > United States > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Prisonniers des Indiens d'Amerique > États-Unis.
Recits de captivite > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Literacy > United States > History.
Indian captivities > United States.
Captivity narratives > United States > History and criticism.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale)
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Captivity as Literacy Event; Chapter One: Rowlandson's Captivity, Interpreted by God; Chapter Two: Psalm 137 as a Site of Encounter; Chapter Three: Captive Literacies in the Eastern Woodlands; Chapter Four: Fulfilling the Name; Chapter Five: Silent Books, Talking Leaves; Chapter Six: "A Singular Gift from a Savage"; Conclusion; Note on the Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z.

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