{"product_id":"9781405112918","title":"A Companion to the Literatures of Colonial America","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to the Literatures of Colonial America\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSusan Castillo | Ivy Schweitzer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis broad introduction to Colonial American literatures brings out the comparative and transatlantic nature of the writing of this period and highlights the interactions between native, non-scribal groups, and Europeans that helped to shape early American writing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eSituates the writing of this period in its various historical and cultural contexts, including colonialism, imperialism, diaspora, and nation formation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights interactions between native, non-scribal groups and Europeans during the early centuries of exploration.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a wide range of approaches to defining and reading early American writing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLooks at the development of regional spheres of influence in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eServes as a vital adjunct to Castillo and Schweitzer’s ‘The Literatures of Colonial America: An Anthology’ (Blackwell Publishing, 2001).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSusan Castillo\u003c\/b\u003e is John Nichol Professor of American Literature at Glasgow University. Her books include \u003ci\u003eNotes from the Periphery: Marginality in North American Literature and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eEngendering Identities\u003c\/i\u003e (1996) and \u003ci\u003eNative American Women in Literature and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (1997, with Victor Da Rosa).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIvy Schweitzer\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, and teaches in the Women's Studies, Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies Programs. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Self-Representation: Lyric Poetry in Colonial New England\u003c\/i\u003e (1991).\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTogether, they are also the editors of \u003ci\u003eThe Literatures of Colonial America: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell Publishing, 2001).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 October 2005\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405112918\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e628\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e43.84\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378589167756,"sku":"9781405112918","price":233.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405112918_b43ae4da-5b51-4dc3-b54e-1f2f2c59dd59.jpg?v=1780108125","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405112918","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}