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Author Read, David, 1956-

Title New world, known world : shaping knowledge in early Anglo-American writing / David Read
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (x, 177 pages)
Contents The incoherent colonist : troubled knowledge in John Smith's Generall historie of Virginia -- Silent partners : historical representation in William Bradford's Of Plymouth plantation -- Importing the metropolis : the poetics of urbanity in Thomas Morton's New English Canaan -- American consciences : Roger Williams's Field of inquiry -- Conclusion : chains of knowledge
Summary "Examines the works of four writers from the early period of English colonization: John Smith's Generall Historie of Virginia, William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, Thomas Morton's New English Canaan, and Roger Williams's A Key into the Language of America (in conjunction with The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution)"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-170) and index
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Subject Smith, John, 1580-1631. Generall historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles
Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683. Key into the language of America
Bradford, William, 1590-1657. History of Plymouth Plantation
Morton, Thomas, 1575-1646. New English Canaan
SUBJECT History of Plymouth Plantation (Bradford, William) fast
Key into the language of America (Williams, Roger) fast
Subject American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism
HISTORY.
American literature -- Colonial period
British colonies
Historiography
Geschichtsschreibung
Kolonie
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Historiography
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- Sources
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Historiography
America
United States
Großbritannien
Nordamerika
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Sources
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005015403
ISBN 0826265022
9780826265029
9780826216007
0826216005