Buried in shades of night : contested voices, Indian captivity, and the legacy of King Philip's war

Stratton, Billy J. 1970- (Author).

Summary: "Billy J. Stratton's critical examination of Mary Rowlandson's 1682 publication, The Soveraignty and Goodness of God, reconsiders the role of the captivity narrative in American literary history and national identity. With pivotal new research into Puritan minister Increase Mather's influence on the narrative, Stratton calls for a reconsideration of past scholarly work on the genre"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 0816530289
ISBN: 9780816530281 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0816530289 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xvi, 203 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-195) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

"Like a company of sheep torn by wolves" : transatlantic influences on the development of the Indian captivity narrative -- Exile, deterritorialization, and intertextuality : the cartographic impulse of Puritan historiography -- "And I only am escaped to tell the news" : witnessing history in the true narrative of Mary Rowlandson's captivity -- Fractured histories, captive subjects : the masque of textual effacement -- Representing the native in the twenty-first century : "a strange fish" still?