Puritans Among the Indians: Accounts of Captivity and Redemption, 1676-1724Alden T. Vaughan, Edward W. Clark Belknap Press, 1981 - 275 pagine These eight reports by white settlers held captive by Indians gripped the imagination not only of early settlers but also of American writers through our history. "Puritans among the Indians" presents, in modern spelling, the best of the New England narratives. These both delineate the social and ideological struggle between the captors and the settlers, and constitute a dramatic rendition of the Puritans' spiritual struggle for redemption. |
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Pagina 14
... captives were obviously not quite the same psy- chologically as they had been before their ordeals . After redemption , once again in familiar surroundings , captives still vividly remembered their months in the wilderness . Mary ...
... captives were obviously not quite the same psy- chologically as they had been before their ordeals . After redemption , once again in familiar surroundings , captives still vividly remembered their months in the wilderness . Mary ...
Pagina 17
... captives had little incentive , save their own curiosity or a desire for dramatic detail , to describe native customs , and the few excep- tions are marred by pervasive ethnocentricity . Even if the captives had been willing and ...
... captives had little incentive , save their own curiosity or a desire for dramatic detail , to describe native customs , and the few excep- tions are marred by pervasive ethnocentricity . Even if the captives had been willing and ...
Pagina 19
... captives saw the Indians as God's pawns , at least when it came to kindness . John Williams epitomized this aspect of the Puritan perspective : among " Passages of Divine Providence , " he reported that " God hath made such ...
... captives saw the Indians as God's pawns , at least when it came to kindness . John Williams epitomized this aspect of the Puritan perspective : among " Passages of Divine Providence , " he reported that " God hath made such ...
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of God | 29 |
Quentin Stockwells Relation of His Captivity | 79 |
John Gyles Memoirs of Odd Adventures Strange | 93 |
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