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Colonial American Literature: An Anthology

Edited by Susan Castillo and Ivy Schweitzer

This comprehensive and imaginative anthology brings together a rich variety of works of colonial American literature covering the period from first contact, through to settlement and the emergence of national identity.

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This comprehensive and imaginative anthology brings together a rich variety of works of colonial American literature covering the period from first contact, through to settlement and the emergence of national identity. The editors weave together a diverse collection of poetry, prose, songs, ballads, journal entries, oral narratives, letters, federal papers, cartoons, emblems and prints to illustrate the depth and breadth of American colonial culture.
Many of the texts are offered in their entirety, including Rowlandson's "Narrative" and Williams' "Bloody Tenet". Alongside the standard English canonical texts, works from American, Spanish, French and Portuguese sources are also represented, many translated into English for the first time, including excerpts from El Inca Garcilaso's "La Florida del Inca" and Bartolme de las Casas' "History of the Indies". The volume also provides a large number of previously un-anthologized texts by Native Americans such as Samuel Occom and African-americans, such as Lucy Terry and Oludah Equiano. Special emphasis is also given to writing by women. These selections offer a unique comparative perspective, and are extensively annotated.
This innovative collection enables students and general readers to comprehend the phenomenon of colonialism, both in general terms and in its concrete consequences for Native American culture, and for European explorers and settlers.

Table of Contents Part I: Exploration and Contact to 1600: Introduction. Before Columbus: Native American Cultures: The Pre-Columbian World. The Origin Myth of Acoma. From The Winnebago Trickster Cycle. The Origin of Stories (Seneca). Pre-Columbian Literatures of the Quiche. Anonymous Quiche Author (Sixteenth Century): Popol Vuh. Excerpts from the Mayan Chilam Balam. New World Encounters: Christopher Columbus (1451 - 1506): From The Letter of Columbus on the Discovery of America Bartolome De Las Casas (1474 - 1566): From The History on the Indies: Book I, Chapter XXXVII: On the Natural Law on God in His World Book I, Chapter XL: Of the Island which Lay Before Them, and its People. Book III, Chapter LXXVIII: Of the Labours of the Indians in Cuba. Pero Vaz de Caminha (1467? - 1520? ): From The Letter of Pero Vaz de Caminha to King Manuel I, May 1, 1500. Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485 - 1528): The Voyage of Verrazzano, Florentine Noble in the Service on Francois I, King of France, 1524. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (1490? - 1556?): From Chapter 12: The Indians Bring us Food. From Chapter 15: What Befell us Among the People on Malado. From Chapter 22: The Coming of Other Sick to us the Next Day. Bernal Diaz del Castillo (1492 - 1584): From Chapter 37: Of How Dona Marina Was a Great Lady and Daughter of Great Lords, and Mistress over Towns and Vassals, and How She Was Brought to Tabasco. From Chapter 88: Of the Great and Solemn Montezuma's Great and Solemn Reception of Cortes and of All of us on Our Entrance into Mexico. From Chapter 89: Of How Montezuma Came to Our Quarters with Many Chieftains, and the Conversation He Had with Our Captain. From Chapter 90: Of How Soon Thereafter Our Captain Went to See The Great Montezuma, and of Certain Conversations They Had. From Chapter 91: Of the Manner and Appearance on Montezuma. From Chapter 93: Of How We Made Our Church and Altar in Our Quarters, and a Cross Outside Our Quarters, and Other Events, and of How We Found the Antechamber and Chamber where Montezuma's Father's Treasure is Kept, and How it was Agreed that Montezuma Should be Detained. From Chapter 95: Montezuma's Arrest. From Chapter 97: Of How When Montezuma Was Held Prisoner, Cortes and All Our Soldiers Treated Him with Affection, and Even Allowed Him to Go to His Temples. From Chapter 107: Of Cortes and Montezuma. From Chapter 150: The Siege of Mexico. From Chapter 152: Of How the Indians Took Seventy-Two Live Prisoners to be Sacrificed. From Chapter 156: Guatemoc's Arrest. Native Views on the Conquest on Mexico: The Omens Described By Munoz Camargo (1520): From the Story on the Conquest as Told by the Anonymous Authors on Tlatelolco: The Arrival on Cortes (1519 - 21). The Massacre in the Main Temple. The Night of Sorrows. The Spaniards Return. The Tlateleolcas are Invited to Make a Treaty. The Fighting is Renewed. Epic Description of the Besieged City. The Message from Cortes. The City Falls. (Part contents).
Categories
* Literary Criticism/American
* Literary Criticism/American/Native American
* History/United States/Colonial Period

ISBN 063121125X
Library Congress PS531.L58
DEWEY 810.800
Format Paperback
Pages 624
Volumes 1
Published In Oxford

Paperback
$49.95
ISBN 063121125X
Publisher Blackwell Publishers
Imprint Blackwell Publishers
Format Paperback
Publication Date 8 Jan 2001


June 11, 2003