The tutor'd mind

Description:

Part historical narrative, part textual analysis, this book traces the development of American Indian literature from the seventeenth century to the eve of the Civil War. Bernd C. Peyer focuses on the lives and writings of four prominent Indian missionaries - Samson Occom of the Mohegans, William Apess of the Pequots, Elias Boudinot of the Cherokees, and George Copway of the Ojibwas - each of whom struggled to negotiate a secure place between the imperatives of colonial rule and the rights of native peoples.

subjects: American Christian literature,  American literature,  Christian literature, American,  Historiography,  History and criticism,  Indian authors,  Indians in literature,  Indians of North America,  Intellectual life,  Missionaries,  Missionaries in literature,  Protestantism and literature,  Mission,  Literatur,  Indiens,  Schrijvers,  Schriftsteller,  Amerikaans,  Missionar,  Indianen,  Missionarissen,  Colonial period,  Historiographie,  Letterkunde,  Missionnaires,  Indianer,  American literature, indian authors,  American literature, history and criticism, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775,  American literature, history and criticism, 19th century,  Indians of north america, east (u.s.),  Christian literature, history and criticism

Places: New England

Times: 19th century,  Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775