Overview

This Companion covers American literary history from European colonization to the early republic. It provides a succinct introduction to the major themes and concepts in the field of early American literature, including new world migration, indigenous encounters, religious and secular histories, and the emergence of American literary genres. This book guides readers through important conceptual and theoretical issues, while also grounding these issues in close readings of key literary texts from early America.

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Author:   Bryce Traister
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781108793490

ISBN 10:   1108793495
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   25 November 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: narratives of early America old and new Bryce Traister; Part I. How to Read Early America: 1. How to read things that weren't written down in early America Matt Cohen; 2. How to read the natural world Molly Farrell; 3. How to read early American poetry Amy Morris; 4. How to read gender Laura Stevens; 5. How to read an early American novel Marion Rust; 6. How to read democracy in early America Dana Nelson; Part II. Readings in Early America: 7. Accident, disaster, and trauma: shattered in early America Kathleen Donegan; 8. Settler Kitsch: the legacies of Puritanism in America Jonathan Beecher Field; 9. Like a prayer: the anti-slavery petition in the era of revolution Paul Downes; 10. Varieties of bondage in the early Atlantic Ramesh Mallipeddi; 11. The erotics of early America Sandra Slater; Part III. Early American Places: 12. Indigenous colonial America Caroline Wigginton; 13. Colonial Latin America Allison Bigelow; 14. The colonial Pacific Michelle Burnham; 15. Caribbean America Cassander Smith.

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'This volume will broaden the horizons of even experienced scholars while orienting others to a field recently and radically transformed … Essential.' A. T. Hale, Choice

Author Information

Bryce Traister is a Canadian based academic who reads and writes mainly about early American literature, religion, and culture. He has published one monograph, Female Piety and the Invention of American Puritanism (Ohio, 2016), and edited a collection of essays, American Literature and the New Puritan Studies (Cambridge, 2017).

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