A Companion to the Literatures of Colonial America

"Consisting of more than 30 original essays by leading scholars in the field, this Companion provides a broad introduction to Colonial American literatures. The volume situates texts in their various historical and cultural contexts, including colonialism, imperialism, diaspora, and nation formation. In particular, it brings out the comparative, hemispheric, and transatlantic nature of the writing of this period, and highlights the interactions between non-scribal native groups and Europeans that helped to shape early American writing." "The Companion is divided into four main sections: the opening section on issues and methods covers a wide range of approaches to defining and reading early American writing; the second section, entitled "New World Encounters," considers the interactions between cultural groups during the early centuries of exploration; the third section on identities looks at the development of regional spheres of influence in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; while the final section considers major genres and writers of the period in a series of "Cross-Cultural Conversations.""--Jacket

Archaeology · Colonialism · Genealogy · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · 17th century · 18th century · American literature · American literature (collections), colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 · Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 · colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 · Colonies in literature · History and criticism · Imperialism in literature · Intellectual life · Literatures · united states

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