A Companion to the Literatures of Colonial America

Castillo, Susan; Schweitzer, Ivy

This broad introduction to Colonial American literatures brings out the comparative and transatlantic nature of the writing of this period and highlights the interactions between native, non-scribal groups, and Europeans that helped to shape early American writing.

• Situates the writing of this period in its various historical and cultural contexts, including colonialism, imperialism, diaspora, and nation formation.
  
• Highlights interactions between native, non-scribal groups and Europeans during the early centuries of exploration.
  
• Covers a wide range of approaches to defining and reading early American writing.
  
• Looks at the development of regional spheres of influence in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
  
• Serves as a vital adjunct to Castillo and Schweitzer’s ‘The Literatures of Colonial America: An Anthology’ (Blackwell Publishing, 2001).

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2005-10-14

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781405112918

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Dimensions: 254.0cm x180.3cm

Pages: 628.0