Title Colonial writing and the New World, 1583-1671 : allegories of desire / Thomas Scanlan

Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (x, 242 pages) : illustrations Contents Preface -- The allegorical structure of colonial desire -- Fear and love: two versions of Protestant ambivalence -- Forging the nation: the Irish problem -- Preaching the nation -- Love and shame: Roger Williams and A Key into the Language of America -- Fear and self-loathing: John Eliot's Indian Dialogues -- Coda -- Index Summary Colonial Writing and the New World, 1583-1671 offers an account of the simultaneous emergence of colonialism and nationalism during the early modern period. It suggests that colonialism is best understood as a phenomenon which had profound significance for people on both sides of the Atlantic Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-239) and index Notes English Print version record Subject American prose literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism English prose literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples Colonies in literature. Desire in literature. Allegory. allegories (literary works) LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. Allegory American prose literature -- Colonial period British colonies Colonies in literature Desire in literature English prose literature -- Early modern Historiography Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples Literature SUBJECT United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Historiography Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 16th century Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Historiography America -- In literature Subject America United States Genre/Form History Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 98030999 ISBN 051100723X 9780511007231 0511149921 9780511149924 9780511583018 051158301X

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