ISBN:
0472070940
,
047205094X
,
9780472070947
,
9780472050949
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
X, 254 S.
,
Ill.
,
23 cm
DDC:
810.9/355
Schlagwort(e):
American prose literature History and criticism Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
;
American prose literature History and criticism 1783-1850
;
Social change in literature
;
Literature and society History
;
USA
;
Risiko
;
Umgang
;
Geschichte
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Nightmares of history -- The colonial stage: promise and savagery in John Smith's Virginia -- Suspect grace. The trials of Puritan faith ; Echoes and infamies: the languages of Salem -- Alien terrors. Phillis Wheatley's feminine sublime ; The silence of John Marrant -- Infidelities. Disavowing Charlotte Temple ; Slander and honor in Trials of the human heart -- The devil designs a career.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-250) and index
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