American puritanism and the defense of mourning : religion, grief, and ethnology in Mary White Rowlandson's captivity narrative
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Breitwieser, Mitchell Robert, 1953-
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Cairns Collection of American Women Writers.
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LC Subjects
Biographies.
Indian captivities -- Massachusetts.
Indians of North America -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
Indians of North America -- Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
King Philip's War, 1675-1676.
Puritans -- Religious life -- Massachusetts.
Rowlandson, Mary White, -- approximately 1635-1711.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Biographies
History
Indian captivities
Indians of North America
Indians of North America -- Colonial period
Massachusetts
Puritans -- Religious life
Rowlandson, Mary White, -- approximately 1635-1711
Other Subjects
Autobiografie
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Deuil -- Coutumes -- États-Unis -- Massachussets -- Histoire.
Guerre du roi Philippe, 1675-1676.
Indiens -- États-Unis -- Massachusetts -- Captifs.
Indiens -- États-Unis -- Massachusetts -- Histoire -- 17e siècle.
Iwi taketake.
Peuples autochtones -- Massachusetts -- Biographies.
Prisonniers des Peuples autochtones -- Massachusetts.
Puritains -- Massachusetts -- Vie religieuse.
Puritains -- États-Unis -- Massachusetts -- Vie religieuse.
Puritanismus
Religiosität
Rowlandson, Mary White (1635-ca. 1678)
Rowlandson, Mary White, -- ca. 1635-ca. 1678.
Rowlandson, Mary White.

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vii, 223 pages ; 25 cm.
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-220) and index.
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Mary White Rowlandwon, a New England Congregationalist minister's wife, was held captive by the Algonquin Indians during King Philip's War in 1676. Several years after she was ransomed and living among the British again she wrote a narrative of the captivity chronicling her experience in grief, love, resentment, and ethnic trauma. Breitwieser argues that this narrative undercuts the Puritan values Rowlandson attempted to uphold. He reveals where and how Rowlandson breaks with Puritan conventions. He points out that in American Puritan religious practice, real experiences were seen as siogns or emblems of moral abstractions. American Puritanism and the Defense of Mourning will be essential reading for all who study early American literature and culture.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Breitwieser, M. R. (1991). American puritanism and the defense of mourning: religion, grief, and ethnology in Mary White Rowlandson's captivity narrative . University of Wisconsin Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Breitwieser, Mitchell Robert, 1953-. 1991. American Puritanism and the Defense of Mourning: Religion, Grief, and Ethnology in Mary White Rowlandson's Captivity Narrative. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Breitwieser, Mitchell Robert, 1953-. American Puritanism and the Defense of Mourning: Religion, Grief, and Ethnology in Mary White Rowlandson's Captivity Narrative Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1991.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Breitwieser, M. R. (1991). American puritanism and the defense of mourning: religion, grief, and ethnology in mary white rowlandson's captivity narrative. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Breitwieser, Mitchell Robert. American Puritanism and the Defense of Mourning: Religion, Grief, and Ethnology in Mary White Rowlandson's Captivity Narrative University of Wisconsin Press, 1991.

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