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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808015603321

Autore

Stratton Billy J. <1970->

Titolo

Buried in shades of night [[electronic resource] ] : contested voices, Indian captivity, and the legacy of King Philip's War / / Billy J. Stratton ; foreword by Frances Washburn ; afterword by George E. Tinker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tucson, : University of Arizona Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8165-9903-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

973.2/4

Soggetti

Indian captivities - Massachusetts

Indians of North America - Massachusetts

Indians of North America - Massachusetts - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

King Philip's War, 1675-1676

Indians in literature - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. “Like a company of sheep torn by wolves�: Transatlantic Influences on the Development of the Indian Captivity Narrative""; ""2. Exile, Deterritorialization, and Intertextuality: The Cartographic Impulse of Puritan Historiography""; ""3. “And I Only Am Escaped To Tell The News�: Witnessing History in the True Narrative of Mary Rowlandson�s Captivity""; ""4. Fractured Histories, Captive Subjects: The Masque of Textual Effacement""

""5. Representing the Native in the Twenty-First Century: “A Strange Fish� Still?""""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

"Billy J. Stratton's 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 narrative, Stratton calls for a reconsideration of past scholarly work on the genre"--Provided by publisher.