Female Narrative, Male Identity, and Royal Authority in Colonial New England
by
Teresa A. Toulouse
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Why do narratives of Indian captivity emerge in New England between 1682 and 1707 and why are these texts, so centrally concerned with women's experience, supported and even written by a powerful group of Puritan ministers? In The Captive's Position, Teresa Toulouse argues for a new interpretation...