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The Literatures of Colonial America: An Anthology
Susan Castillo
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Description for The Literatures of Colonial America: An Anthology
Paperback. * Includes canonical texts as well as a an expanded selection from New Spain, New France, New Netherland, the Chesapeake and the West Indies. * Offers extensive coverage of texts by women, African Americans and Native Americans. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 624 pages, 2. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1046.
Compiled in response to emerging transnational perspectives in American Studies, this comprehensive and imaginative anthology brings together a rich variety of works of colonial literature from across the Americas, covering the period from first contact, through to settlement and the emergence of national identities, with an emphasis on the American Revolutionary period.
Compiled in response to emerging transnational perspectives in American Studies, this comprehensive and imaginative anthology brings together a rich variety of works of colonial literature from across the Americas, covering the period from first contact, through to settlement and the emergence of national identities, with an emphasis on the American Revolutionary period.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Anthologies
Number of Pages
628
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780631211259
SKU
V9780631211259
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About Susan Castillo
Susan Castillo is Head of English Literature and Reader at Glasgow University. Her books include Notes from the Periphery: Marginality in North American Literature and Culture (1995), Engendering Identities (1996) and Native American Women in Literature and Culture (1997, with Victor Da Rosa). Ivy Schweitzer is Associate Professor of English at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, and teaches in ... Read more
Reviews for The Literatures of Colonial America: An Anthology
"This is that rare thing, a landmark anthology. Susan Castillo and Ivy Schweitxer reconstruct our view of early American writing and, in the process, make a significant contribution to the rewriting of American literary history. Shifting the critical paradigms as it does, while providing a rich diversity of material, this will undoubtedly be an indispensable resource for students of American ... Read more