A Companion to the Literatures of Colonial AmericaISBN: 978-1-4051-1291-8
Hardcover
624 pages
October 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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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).