New world, known world : shaping knowledge in early Anglo-American writing /

Read, David, 1956-

New world, known world : shaping knowledge in early Anglo-American writing / David Read. - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2005. - 1 online resource (x, 177 pages)

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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Smith, John, 1580-1631. Generall historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles.
Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683. Key into the language of America.
Bradford, William, 1590-1657. History of Plymouth Plantation.
Morton, Thomas, 1575-1646. New English Canaan.


History of Plymouth Plantation (Bradford, William)
Key into the language of America (Williams, Roger)


1600-1775


American literature--History and criticism.--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
HISTORY.
American literature--Colonial period.
British colonies.
Historiography.
Geschichtsschreibung
Kolonie


United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources.
United States--History--Historiography.--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Great Britain--Colonies--History--America--Sources.
Great Britain--Colonies--Historiography.--America
États-Unis--Histoire--Historiographie.--ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Grande-Bretagne--Colonies--Histoire--Amérique--Sources.
Grande-Bretagne--Colonies--Historiographie.--Amérique
America.
United States.
Großbritannien
Nordamerika


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Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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