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The Cambridge companion to early American literature / edited by Bryce Traister.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Traister, Bryce, editor.
Series:
Cambridge companions to literature.
Cambridge companions to topics
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
American literature--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--History and criticism.
American literature.
American literature--Revolutionary period, 1775-1783--History and criticism.
American literature--1783-1850--History and criticism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 286 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Summary:
This Companion covers American literary history from European colonization to the early republic. It provides a succinct introduction to the major themes and concepts in the field of early American literature, including new world migration, indigenous encounters, religious and secular histories, and the emergence of American literary genres. This book guides readers through important conceptual and theoretical issues, while also grounding these issues in close readings of key literary texts from early America.
Contents:
Introduction: Narratives of early America old and new / Bryce Traister
How to read things that weren't written down in early America / Matt Cohen
How to read the natural world / Molly Farrell
How to read early American poetry / Amy Morris
How to read gender / Laura Stevens
How to read an early American novel / Marion Rust
How to read democracy in early America / Dana Nelson
Accident, disaster, and trauma : shattered in early America / Kathleen Donegan
Settler kitsch : the legacies of Puritanism in America / Jonathan Beecher Field
Like a prayer : the anti-slavery petition in the era of revolution / Paul Downes
Varieties of bondage in the early Atlantic / Ramesh Mallipeddi
The erotics of early America / Sandra Slater
Indigenous colonial America / Caroline Wigginton
Colonial Latin America / Allison Bigelow
The colonial Pacific / Michelle Burnham
Caribbean America / Cassander Smith.
Notes:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Nov 2021).
ISBN:
1-108-88938-7
1-108-88893-3
1-108-87862-8
OCLC:
1260170440

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