Queequeg's coffin : indigenous literacies and early American literature / Birgit Brander Rasmussen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brander Rasmussen, Birgit, 1968-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous literature--History and criticism.

Indigenous literature.

Indigenous peoples--Languages--Writing.

Indigenous peoples.

America--Literatures--History and criticism.

America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2012

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rather than seeing American literature as beginning with the writings of English or Spanish colonists, Brander Rasmussen points to the wide variety of indigenous writing in the Americas prior to colonization. The study looks at writing between 1524 and the mid-19th century work of Herman Melville.

Contents:

Introduction: "A new world still in the making"

Writing and colonial conflict

Negotiating peace, negotiating literacies : the undetermined encounter and early American literature

Writing in the conflict zone : Don Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala's el Primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno

Indigenous literacies, Moby-Dick, and the promise of Queequeg's coffin.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record

ISBN:

9786613409119

9781283409117

1283409119

9780822393832

0822393832

OCLC:

773987244

Publisher Number:

9786613409119