Institutional Structures of Feeling

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Strong, Pauline Turner, 1953-

Captive selves, captivating others: the politics and poetics of colonial American
captivity narratives / Pauline Turner Strong.

p. cm.--(Institutional structures of feeling)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8133-1665-0

1. American prose literature--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--
History and criticism. 2. Indian captivities-- Historiography.
3. Politics and literature--United States--History--17th century.
4. Politics and literature--United States--History--18th century.
5. Captivities in literature. 6. Indians in literature.
7. Narration (Rhetoric). I. Title. II. Series.

PS173.I6S78 1999

818'.10809358--dc21 98-52413

CIP

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