The narrative of the captivity and restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Alpha Editions
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
20.05.2019
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
178
Maße (L/B/H)
21.6/14/1 cm
Gewicht
232 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5370-337-0
Winter comes. A family taken. In 17th century new england, Mary White Rowlandson records, with startling clarity, the ordeal that followed on the colonial massachusetts frontier during King Philip's War. Both a native american captivity account and a puritan spiritual memoir, this foundational colonial captivity narrative traces fear, hunger, bargaining, and the hard work of endurance. Rowlandson writes as a wife, mother, and believer, turning frontier survival and faith into a narrative that still grips modern readers. Its plain, urgent prose refuses romance, instead mapping daily choices and spiritual reckonings. Read for the human voice, the cultural encounter, or the shaping of American print culture, the book remains a touchstone for discussions of memory, belief, and testimony. It is also a key king philips war narrative, offering a rare, first-person window into conflict, displacement, and the moral language of a community under siege. It helped define the genre thereafter. As early American literature, it stands at the crossroads of history and story: a landmark among colonial women writers and an essential strand of puritan devotional literature. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Presented as the complete unabridged text, it suits the curious general reader as well as the classic-library builder, and it sits naturally on the syllabus of an early american literature course or beside any annotated classroom edition you already trust.
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