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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 |
Pubblicazione: | Tucson, : University of Arizona Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
Disciplina: | 973.2/4 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Buried in shades of night |
ISBN: | 0-8165-9903-3 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910779839003321 |
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