Kathryn N. Gray

John Eliot and the Praying Indians of Massachusetts Bay

Communities and Connections in Puritan New England

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Produktbeschreibung

The book is about John Eliot and his mission to Massachusetts Bay; it analyzes the English-speaking and Algonquian-speaking communities that coalesced in the process of this missionary project. In this context, the study pays special attention to the reception of speech and text in relation to English, colonial, and praying Indian communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bucknell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 439g
• ISBN-13: 9781611485035
• ISBN-10: 1611485037
• Artikelnr.: 38497252

Autorenporträt

Kathryn N. Gray is a lecturer in English Literature at Plymouth University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction One: Private petitions and
transatlantic discursive communities Two: Dedicated dignitaries and 'The
Christian Reader': reading the mission in England Three: Speech, Space and
Religious (Re-)Affirmation Four: Christian Indian Women in
Seventeenth-Century New England Five: A Reading Community: Praying Indians
and the Written Word Bibliography Index About the Author