Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-170) and index.
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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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Title
New world, known world.
International Standard Book Number
0826216005
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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.
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
History of Plymouth Plantation (Bradford, William)
Key into the language of America (Williams, Roger)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American literature-- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775-- History and criticism.
American literature-- Colonial period.
British colonies.
Geschichtsschreibung
Historiography.
HISTORY.
Kolonie
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
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.