Seasons of Misery : Catastrophe and Colonial Settlement in Early America.

By:

Donegan, Kathleen

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780812209143

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Electronic books.

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E162 -- .D66 2014eb

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Contents:

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Unsettlement -- Chapter 1. Roanoke: Left in Virginia -- Chapter 2. Jamestown: Things that Seemed Incredible -- Chapter 3. Plymouth: Scarce Able to Bury their Dead -- Chapter 4. Barbados: Wild Extravagance -- Afterword: Standing Half-Amazed -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

Summary: Seasons of Misery offers a boldly original account of early English settlement in American by placing catastrophe and crisis at the center of the story. Donegan argues that the constant state of suffering and uncertainty decisively formed the colonial identity and produced the first distinctly colonial literature.

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Seasons of Misery offers a boldly original account of early English settlement in American by placing catastrophe and crisis at the center of the story. Donegan argues that the constant state of suffering and uncertainty decisively formed the colonial identity and produced the first distinctly colonial literature.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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