Comp Literatures of Colonial America

Castillo

ISBN 10: 1405112913 / ISBN 13: 9781405112918

Published by John Wiley & Sons Okt 2005, 2005

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Neuware - This broad introduction to Colonial American literatures brings out the comparative and transatlantic nature of the writing of this period and highlights the interactions between native, non-scribal groups, and Europeans that helped to shape early American writing. - Situates the writing of this period in its various historical and cultural contexts, including colonialism, imperialism, diaspora, and nation formation. - Highlights interactions between native, non-scribal groups and Europeans during the early centuries of exploration. - Covers a wide range of approaches to defining and reading early American writing. - Looks at the development of regional spheres of influence in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. - Serves as a vital adjunct to Castillo and Schweitzer's 'The Literatures of Colonial America: An Anthology' (Blackwell Publishing, 2001).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Comp Literatures of Colonial America
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Okt 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405112913
• ISBN 13: 9781405112918
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 260W x 183H x 38D millimeters 260 millimeters width by 183 millimeters height by 38 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1361 grams

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Synopsis

This broad introduction to Colonial American literatures brings out the comparative and transatlantic nature of the writing of this period and highlights the interactions between native, non-scribal groups, and Europeans that helped to shape early American writing.

• Situates the writing of this period in its various historical and cultural contexts, including colonialism, imperialism, diaspora, and nation formation.
  
• Highlights interactions between native, non-scribal groups and Europeans during the early centuries of exploration.
  
• Covers a wide range of approaches to defining and reading early American writing.
  
• Looks at the development of regional spheres of influence in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
  
• Serves as a vital adjunct to Castillo and Schweitzer’s ‘The Literatures of Colonial America: An Anthology’ (Blackwell Publishing, 2001).

About the Author

Susan Castillo is John Nichol Professor of American Literature at Glasgow University. Her books include Notes from the Periphery: Marginality in North American Literature and Culture (1995), Engendering Identities (1996) and Native American Women in Literature and Culture (1997, with Victor Da Rosa).

Ivy Schweitzer is Associate Professor of English at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, and teaches in the Women's Studies, Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies Programs. She is the author of The Work of Self-Representation: Lyric Poetry in Colonial New England (1991).

Together, they are also the editors of The Literatures of Colonial America: An Anthology (Blackwell Publishing, 2001).