| Description |
viii, 286 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Economies of morality and power: Reading "race" in two colonial contexts / Dana D. Nelson -- "So unstable and like mad men they were": Language and interpretation in American captivity narratives / David R. Sewell -- John William's captivity narrative: A consideration of normative ethnicity / Rosalie Murphy Baum -- The American Indian as humorist in colonial literature / Luise van Keuren -- Red, white, and black: Indian captivities, colonial printers, and the early African-American narrative / John Sekora -- Recapturing John Marrant / Benilde Montgomery. |
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(cont.) Representation of ethnicity among colonial Pennsylvania Germans / William T. Parsons -- Cosmopolitanism and the Anglo-Jewish elite in British America / David S. Shields -- Ethnic humor in early American jest books / Robert Secor -- The gratification of that corrupt and lawless passion: Character types and themes in early New England rape narratives / Daniel Williams -- Phillis Wheatley and the Black American Revolution / Betsy Erkkila -- The heritage of American ethnicity in Crèvecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer / Doreen Alvarez Saar -- Thomas Jefferson: Race, culture, and the failure of anthropological method / Frank Shuffelton. |
| Subject |
American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Minority authors. |
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Ethnicity -- United States -- History -- 17th century.
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Ethnicity. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
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Ethnicity -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
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Intellectual life. |
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
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Ethnic relations in literature.
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Ethnic relations in literature. |
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Ethnic groups in literature.
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Ethnic groups in literature. |
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United States -- Ethnic relations. |
| Indexed Term |
English literature |
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United States |
| Added Author |
Shuffelton, Frank, 1940-
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| ISBN |
0195075226 acid-free paper |
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0195075234 paperback acid-free paper |
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