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Author Ludwig, Sämi, 1960- author.

Title Resurrecting the first great American play : imperial politics and colonial ambitions in frontier Detroit / Sämi Ludwig
Published Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2020]
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Summary "In the mid-eighteenth century, the Ottawa chief Pontiac (often spelled Ponteach at the time) led an intertribal confederacy in resisting British power in the Great Lakes region, an event immortalized in the play Ponteach, or the Savages of America. This play, written by infamous frontier soldier Robert Rogers, is one of the earliest theatrical renderings of the region, depicting its hero in a way that called into question eighteenth-century constructions of Indigenous Americans. Sämi Ludwig contends that Ponteach's literary and artistic merits are worthy of further exploration. He investigates the questions of authorship and analyzes the play's content, embracing its many contradictions as enriching windows into the era. In this way, he suggests using Ponteach as a tool to better understand British imperialism in North America and the emerging theatrical forms developing in the Young Republic"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Rogers, Robert, 1731-1795. Ponteach
Rogers, Robert, 1731-1795 -- Criticism and interpretation
Pontiac, Ottawa Chief, -1769 -- In literature
SUBJECT Pontiac, Ottawa Chief, -1769 fast
Rogers, Robert, 1731-1795 fast
Subject American drama -- 18th century -- History and criticism
DRAMA -- General.
American drama
Literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780299325435
0299325431