Providence Tales and the Birth of American Literature
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- ISBN 9780801872518
- Weight: 386g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 12 Mar 2003
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In colonial America, tales about the capture of English settlers by Native American war parties and the captives' subsequent suffering and privations were wildly popular among readers. Despite their importance in the development of American literature, however, the origins of the captivity narrative have until now been largely unexplored. In Providence Tales and the Birth of American Literature, James Hartman uncovers the genesis of the captivity narrative in the English providence tale and its transformation in the seventeenth century. Exploring the cultural context in which both English providence tales and their American counterparts emerged-focusing in particular on the way in which the providence tale folded the religious spirit of inquiry and truth-seeking into the new science and empiricism of the seventeenth century-Hartman offers a provocative reassessment of the origins of American literature.
James D. Hartman teaches English and humanities at the the DeVry Institute in Long Island City, New York.
