Women's Indian Captivity Narratives - Couverture souple

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Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140436715 ISBN 13 : 9780140436716

Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 1998

Synopsis

Enthralling generations of readers, the narrative of capture by Native Americans is arguably the first American literary form dominated by the experiences of women. The ten selections in this anthology span the early history of the United States (1682 - 1892) and range in literary style from fact-based narrations to largely fictional, spellbinding adventure stories. The women are variously victimized, triumphant, or, in one case, permanently absorbed into the Indian Community. The stories also raise questions about the motives of their (often male) narrators, who in many cases embellish melodrama to heighten anti-British and anti-Indian propaganda, or romanticize them to exploit the growing popularity of sentimental fiction.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola is a professor of English at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and author of The Indian Captivity Narrative 1850 - 1900.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140436715
• ISBN 13: 9780140436716
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Éditeur: Derounian-Stodola Kathryn
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