Allegories of Encounter: Colonial Literacy and Indian Captivities

by Andrew Newman and Andrew Newman

Book Overview

Presenting an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to colonial America's best-known literary genre, Andrew Newman analyzes depictions of reading, writing, and recollecting texts in Indian captivity narratives. While histories of literacy and colonialism have emphasized the experiences of Native Americans, as students in missionary schools or as parties to treacherous treaties, captivity narratives reveal what literacy meant to colonists among Indians...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469643456
• ISBN13: 9781469643458
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"