Providence Tales and the Birth of American Literature
Märchen
Découvertes géographiques
Supernatural in literature
English influences
Naufrages
Colonial period
Sorcellerie
Erzählung
English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700
Indian captivities
Early modern
Amerikaans
Dans la littérature
Littérature anglaise
Littérature américaine
Letterkunde
Engels
Englisch
American literature
Histoire et critique
English literature
History and criticism
In colonial America, tales about the capture of English settlers by Native American war parties and the captives' subsequent suffering and privations were wildly popular among readers. In these captivity narratives, writers such as Mary Rowlandson, Jonathan Dickinson, and John Williams told autobiog…
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