Women's Indian Captivity NarrativesPenguin, 1 nov 1998 - 400 pagine Enthralling generations of readers, the narrative of capture by Native Americans is arguably the first American literary form dominated by the experiences of women. The ten selections in this anthology span the early history of this country (1682-1892) and range in literary style from fact-based narrations to largely fictional, spellbinding adventure stories. The women are variously victimized, triumphant, or, in the case of Mary Jemison, permantently transculturated. This collection includes well known pieces such as Mary Rowlandson's "A True History" (1682), Cotton Mather's version of Hannah Dunstan's infamous captivity and escape (after scalping her captors!), and the "Panther Captivity", as well as lesser known texts. As Derounian-Stodola demonstrates in the introduction, the stories also raise questions about the motives of their (often male) narrators and promoters, who in many cases embellish melodrama to heighten anti-British and anti-Indian propaganda, shape the tales for ecclesiastical purposes, or romanticize them to exploit the growing popularity of sentimental fiction in order to boost sales. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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Pagina xv
... attack on the Upper Agency in Minnesota , Wakefield describes how she had arrived there with many negative stereotypes of the Dakotas ; however , through open - mindedness , Christian charity , and everyday contact with them , she soon ...
... attack on the Upper Agency in Minnesota , Wakefield describes how she had arrived there with many negative stereotypes of the Dakotas ; however , through open - mindedness , Christian charity , and everyday contact with them , she soon ...
Pagina xvii
... attack or abandoned en route . In early America the " prime candidate for transculturation was a girl aged seven through fifteen " since Puritan culture would have encouraged her , even more than a boy , to accept authority ( Vaughan ...
... attack or abandoned en route . In early America the " prime candidate for transculturation was a girl aged seven through fifteen " since Puritan culture would have encouraged her , even more than a boy , to accept authority ( Vaughan ...
Pagina xix
... term survival after an Indian attack , though she does mention others who were taken captive . Un- like the earlier Puritan and Quaker captivities , Fuller's text does not claim a religious basis , but exposes bogus piety . INTRODUCTION ...
... term survival after an Indian attack , though she does mention others who were taken captive . Un- like the earlier Puritan and Quaker captivities , Fuller's text does not claim a religious basis , but exposes bogus piety . INTRODUCTION ...
Pagina xx
... attacked her party , she was never actually taken , yet the Indian captivity narrative as a genre can incorporate even this discursive pattern of non - capture . After a Seminole raid , Godfrey hid in a swamp for several days ...
... attacked her party , she was never actually taken , yet the Indian captivity narrative as a genre can incorporate even this discursive pattern of non - capture . After a Seminole raid , Godfrey hid in a swamp for several days ...
Pagina xxi
... attack or soon thereafter ; and surviving children who were separated from the rest of the family , teenage girls being seen as particularly vulnerable . Not used to fend- ing for herself , the narrative claims , the captive woman ...
... attack or soon thereafter ; and surviving children who were separated from the rest of the family , teenage girls being seen as particularly vulnerable . Not used to fend- ing for herself , the narrative claims , the captive woman ...
Sommario
MARY ROWLANDSON | 1 |
HANNAH DUSTAN | 53 |
ELIZABETH HANSON | 61 |
PANTHER CAPTIVITY | 81 |
JEMIMA HOWE | 91 |
MARY KINNAN | 105 |
MARY JEMISON | 117 |
MARY GODFREY | 211 |
SARAH F WAKEFIELD | 235 |
EMELINE L FULLER | 315 |
EXPLANATORY NOTES | 339 |
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