American Captivity Narratives (New Riverside Editions) - Softcover

Lauter, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395980739 ISBN 13: 9780395980736

Verlag: Houghton Mifflin, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

This volume collects a wide variety of works from a uniquely American literary tradition, the captivity narrative. Beginning with an excerpt from Hans Staden's The True History of His Captivity, which influenced the American captivity narrative, this volume presents accounts by early settlers held captive by Native Americans (Mary Rowlandson, John Smith), narratives by African American slaves (Olaudah Equiano, John Marrant), and others. Collected with the real-life accounts are two captivity poems by Lucy Terry and John Rolling Ridge, and several popular tales and legends on the subject.

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Paul Lauter is the Smith Professor of Literature at Trinity College. He has served as president of the American Studies Association and is a major figure in the revision of the American literary canon.

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• Verlag: Houghton Mifflin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0395980739
• ISBN 13: 9780395980736
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 464
• Herausgeber: Sayre Gordon M.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Cengage Learning; https://www.cengageasia.com/; ; 5191 Natorp Blvd; Mason; OH; 45040; USA
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