The Indian captivity narrative, 1550-1900

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The work The Indian captivity narrative, 1550-1900 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The Indian captivity narrative, 1550-1900

Statement of responsibility

Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola, James Arthur Levernier

Creator

• Derounian-Stodola, Kathryn Zabelle, 1949-

Contributor

• Levernier, James

Subject

• American literature -- History and criticism
• Captivity narratives
• Captivity narratives
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Geschichte | 1550-1900
• History
• Indian captivities
• Indian captivities -- History
• Indian captivities -- Literary collections
• Indios de EE. UU. -- Cautivos | Colecciones literarias
• Literary collections
• American literature

Genre

• History
• Literary collections
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

An American literary form that flourished from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, the Indian Captivity narrative has long fascinated readers on both sides of the Atlantic. These narratives - chronicling the unpredictable encounters between Native Americans and newcomers - number in the thousands. They encompass the factual as well as the fictional. And in their often negative portrayals of Native Americans, these narratives have aroused considerable controversy. Presenting a broad survey of these narratives and shedding much-needed light on their place in American culture and letters comes The Indian Captivity Narrative, 1550-1900, written by two scholars eminently well versed in their subject matter. In clear and straightforward writing, Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola and James Arthur Levernier argue that these texts played a vital role in American culture, forming the first truly American literary form and revealing, in their racist subtexts, much about white America's fear of "otherness." With a focus on both the literary and the historical features of the narratives, the authors take a New Historicist approach, extending the accepted chronology to encompass texts written in the 1500s through the 1900s and representing most regions of the continental United States. Here readers will find references to hundreds of primary texts and commentary on texts, as well as expert treatment of such topics as the mythology surrounding the form, the narratives' images of Native Americans and of women, and Mary Rowlandson's well-known 1682 account. A highly accessible work that nevertheless retains its subject's complexity, The Indian Captivity Narrative, 1550-1900 - complemented by nine important illustrations - provides an ideal resource for high school and college students, and for general audiences

Member of

• Twayne's United States authors series, TUSAS 605

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813.009/3520397

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

E85

LC item number

.D47 1993

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Twayne's United States authors series

Series volume

TUSAS 605