Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-170) and index.
The incoherent colonist : troubled knowledge in John Smith's Generall historie of Virginia -- Silent partners : historical representation in William Bradford's Of Plymouth plantation -- Importing the metropolis : the poetics of urbanity in Thomas Morton's New English Canaan -- American consciences : Roger Williams's Field of inquiry -- Conclusion : chains of knowledge.
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"Examines the works of four writers from the early period of English colonization: John Smith's Generall Historie of Virginia, William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, Thomas Morton's New English Canaan, and Roger Williams's A Key into the Language of America (in conjunction with The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution)"--Provided by publisher.
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Bradford, William,1590-1657., History of Plymouth Plantation.
Morton, Thomas,1575-1646., New English Canaan.
Smith, John,1580-1631., Generall historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles.
Williams, Roger,1604?-1683., Key into the language of America.
History of Plymouth Plantation (Bradford, William)
Key into the language of America (Williams, Roger)
American literature-- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775-- History and criticism.
American literature-- Colonial period.
British colonies.
Geschichtsschreibung
Historiography.
HISTORY.
Kolonie
Great Britain, Colonies, America, Historiography.
Great Britain, Colonies, America, History, Sources.
United States, History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Historiography.
United States, History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Sources.