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Women's Indian Captivity Narratives

Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola

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Enthralling generations of readers, the narrative of capture by Native Americans is arguably the first American literary form dominated by the experiences of women. The ten selections in this anthology span the early history of this country and range in literary style from fact-based narrations to largely fictional, spellbinding adventure stories. The women are variously victimized, triumphant, or, in the case of Mary Jemison, permantently transculturated. This collection includes well known pieces such as Mary Rowlandson's A True History , Cotton Mather's version of Hannah Dunstan's infamous captivity and escape , and the "Panther Captivity", as well as lesser known texts.As Derounian-Stodola demonstrates in the introduction, the stories also raise questions about the motives of their narrators and promoters, who in many cases embellish melodrama to heighten anti-British and anti-Indian propaganda, shape the tales for ecclesiastical purposes, or romanticize them to exploit the growing popularity of sentimental fiction in order to boost sales.

Language: English

Pages: 356

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Release: November 01, 1998

ISBN: 0140436715

ISBN 13: 9780140436716

Women's Indian Captivity Narratives

Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Enthralling generations of readers, the narrative of capture by Native Americans is arguably the first American literary form dominated by the experiences of women. The ten selections in this anthology span the early history of this country and range in literary style from fact-based narrations to largely fictional, spellbinding adventure stories. The women are variously victimized, triumphant, or, in the case of Mary Jemison, permantently transculturated. This collection includes well known pieces such as Mary Rowlandson's A True History , Cotton Mather's version of Hannah Dunstan's infamous captivity and escape , and the "Panther Captivity", as well as lesser known texts.As Derounian-Stodola demonstrates in the introduction, the stories also raise questions about the motives of their narrators and promoters, who in many cases embellish melodrama to heighten anti-British and anti-Indian propaganda, shape the tales for ecclesiastical purposes, or romanticize them to exploit the growing popularity of sentimental fiction in order to boost sales.

Language: English

Pages: 356

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Release: November 01, 1998

ISBN: 0140436715

ISBN 13: 9780140436716

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