How has the American Indian captivity narrative been used to explain the human condition? How does it serve to interpret the meaning of pain and suffering, gender, and the primitive-civilized dichotomy? In Captured by Texts, Gary L. Ebersole explores these questions, showing that our fictional interpretation of captivity can construct a world of meaning that liberates us in the face of adversity, pain, and loss of identity.
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Gary L. Ebersole is Associate Professor of the History of Religions at the Divinity School, University of Chicago. He is the author of Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan.
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THE FIRST Indian captivity narrative published in North America, that by Mary White Rowlandson (ca. 1635-1711), appeared in 1682.1 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
captivity topos, tivity tales, outward captivity, divine affliction, white male fantasy, tivity narratives, captivity tale, sentimental authors, imaginal activity, captivity narrative, returning captives, perfect resignation, rational entertainment, sentimental literature, returned captives, symbolic complex, sentimental novel, former captives, interpretive frame, reading structures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, Per Amicum, Mary Rowlandson, Cotton Mather, Joseph Rowlandson, Maria Kittle, Grey Owl, American Indian, United States, Daniel Boone, John Williams, The Emerald Forest, Jack Crabb, Man Called Horse, New York, Rusoe D'Eres, Adam Smith, Hannah Swarton, Little Big Man, Miss Barber, Native Americans, North America, Praying Indians, Running Deer, The Searchers New!
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THE FIRST Indian captivity narrative published in North America, that by Mary White Rowlandson (ca. 1635-1711), appeared in 1682.1 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
captivity topos, tivity tales, outward captivity, divine affliction, white male fantasy, tivity narratives, captivity tale, sentimental authors, imaginal activity, captivity narrative, returning captives, perfect resignation, rational entertainment, sentimental literature, returned captives, symbolic complex, sentimental novel, former captives, interpretive frame, reading structures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, Per Amicum, Mary Rowlandson, Cotton Mather, Joseph Rowlandson, Maria Kittle, Grey Owl, American Indian, United States, Daniel Boone, John Williams, The Emerald Forest, Jack Crabb, Man Called Horse, New York, Rusoe D'Eres, Adam Smith, Hannah Swarton, Little Big Man, Miss Barber, Native Americans, North America, Praying Indians, Running Deer, The Searchers New!
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- Little Big Man by Thomas Berger on 5 pages
- Revolution and the Word: The Rise of the Novel in America by Cathy N. Davidson on 4 pages
- A Treatise of Human Nature (Oxford Philosophical Texts) by David Hume on 4 pages
- Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Empire of the Mother: American Writing About Domesticity, 1830-1860 by Mary Ryan in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Hollywood's Frontier Captives: Cultural Anxiety and the Captivity Plot in American Film (Studies in American Popular History and Culture) by Barbara A. Mortimer on page 3, and page 25
- Emotion and Religion: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography by John Corrigan on page 41
- Women's Indian Captivity Narratives (Penguin Classics) by Various in Front Matter
- Shaking The Faith: Women, Family, and Mary Marshall Dyer's Anti-Shaker Campaign, 1815-1867 by Elizabeth A. De Wolfe in Back Matter
- The Captive's Position: Female Narrative, Male Identity, and Royal Authority in Colonial New England by Teresa A. Toulouse in Back Matter
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