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Author Scanlan, Thomas J., author

Title Colonial writing and the New World, 1583-1671 : allegories of desire / Thomas Scanlan
Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999
Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 1999
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Contents 1. The allegorical structure of colonial desire -- 2. Fear and love: two versions of Protestant ambivalence -- 3. Forgoing the nation: the Irish problem -- 4. Preaching the nation: the sermon as promotion -- 5. Love and shame: Roger Williams and A Key into the Language of America -- 6. Fear and self-loathing: John Eliot's Indian Dialogues
Summary Colonial Writing in the New World 1583-1671 offers an account of the simultaneous emergence of colonialism and nationalism during the early modern period. It looks at the role that English interactions with native populations played in attempts to articulate a coherent English identity. Unlike most other studies of the subject, it suggests that colonialism is best understood as a phenomenon that had profound significance for people on both sides of the Atlantic
Notes Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Aug 2014)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-239) and index
Notes Also issued in print format
Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Subject American prose literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism.
Colonies in literature.
Desire in literature.
English prose literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
Indians of North America -- First contact with Europeans.
SUBJECT Americas -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114181
United Kingdom -- Colonies -- America http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056660 -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
United Kingdom -- Colonies -- America http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056660 -- History -- 16th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006122
United Kingdom -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100296
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140131 -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046
Genre/Form Allegories.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 98030999
ISBN 9780511583018 (ebook)