Colonial Writing and the New World: Allegories of Desire - Couverture souple

Scanlan, Thomas J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521035198 ISBN 13 : 9780521035194

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Looks at implications of colonialism for both English and Americans.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Revue de presse

"an astute combination of close reading and contextual knowledge." william and Mary Quarterly

"a valuable book...Scanlan's Colonial Writings and the New World can provide useful starting ideas for various studies of colonialism." Early American Literture: Volume 36

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521035198
• ISBN 13: 9780521035194
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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