Colonial writing and the New World, 1583-1671 : allegories of desire / Thomas Scanlan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scanlan, Thomas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American prose literature--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--History and criticism.

American prose literature.

English prose literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English prose literature.

Indians of North America--First contact with other peoples.

Indians of North America.

Colonies in literature.

Desire in literature.

Allegory.

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Historiography.

United States.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--16th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--17th century.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--Historiography.

America--In literature.

America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 242 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Colonial Writing & the New World, 1583-1671

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most scholars of Anglo-American colonial history have treated colonialism either as an exclusively American phenomenon or, conversely, as a European one. Colonial Writing and the New World 1583-1671 argues for a reading of the colonial period that attempts to render an account of both the European origins of colonial expansion and its specifically American consequences. The author offers an account of the simultaneous emergence of colonialism and nationalism during the early modern period, and of the role that English interactions with native populations played in attempts to articulate a coherent English identity. He draws on a wide variety of texts ranging from travel narratives and accounts of the colony in Virginia to sermons, conversion tracts and writings about the Algonquin language.

Contents:

Preface

The allegorical structure of colonial desire

Fear and love: two versions of Protestant ambivalence

Forging the nation: the Irish problem

Preaching the nation

Love and shame: Roger Williams and A Key into the Language of America

Fear and self-loathing: John Eliot's Indian Dialogues

Coda

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-239) and index.

ISBN:

0-511-14992-1

0-511-58301-X

0-511-00723-X

OCLC:

646708125