American Captivity Narratives
This volume collects a wide variety of works from a uniquely American literary tradition, the captivity narrative. Beginning with an excerpt from Hans Staden's The True History of His Captivity, which influenced the American captivity narrative, this volume presents accounts by early settlers held captive by Native Americans (Mary Rowlandson, John Smith), narratives by African American slaves (Olaudah Equiano, John Marrant), and others. Collected with the real-life accounts are two captivity poems by Lucy Terry and John Rolling Ridge, and several popular tales and legends on the subject.
- Author
- Gordon M. Sayre, Olaudah Equiano, Mary Rowlandson, Paul Lauter, John Marrant, Lucy Terry, John Rolling Ridge
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 464
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780395980736
- Release date
- 1999
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