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Zusatztext 'The book covers an extraordinarily large and fascinating body of material produced in three languages over three centuries. Few! if any! other scholars would have the knowledge to analyse such a range. It's written in a scholarly yet engaging fashion! which will make it both accessible to a large readership and authoritative within its field.'- Peter Hulme! University of Essex! UK'Brilliant... this will be a terrific book.'- Thomas Scanlan! Ohio University! USA'A landmark book that suceeds in bridging cultural! linguistic and disciplinary divides! and demonstrates the value of a comparative approach to American literary studies.'- American Studies'[This book] attests to the vibrant state of contemporary scholarship in the once neglected area of American theater studies... Colonial Encounters in New World Writing brings together a valuable and impressive array of knowledge about drama and performance in the Spanish colonial era... It documents and makes accessible a history that has been unrecognized in English-dominated American Studies... Castillo brings a valuable theoretical perspective to this fascinating material... This book thus makes a unique and significant contribution to the understanding of cultural differences and interactions.'- William and Mary Quarterly'Castillo displays a daunting command of the literatures of the colonial Americas.... Castillo's own "American performance" is thus precisely what she calls others! "dazzling."' - Josh Bellin! Early American Literature'Castillo's book is a lively and engaging! erudite and convincing account of an extrodinarily wide range of materials...Castillo's ability to make accesible to the non-specialist such a divergent selection of material should ensure this book's place on reading-lists for many a year to come' - Thea Pitman! MLR Informationen zum Autor Susan Castillo is John Nichol Professor of American Literature at Glasgow University. She is co-editor of The Literatures of Colonial America: An Anthology (2001) and a Companion volume to The Literatures of Colonial America (2005); she is Associate Editor of Journal of American Studies. She is a published writer of poetry and fiction, and is also a literary translator. Zusammenfassung Exploring the proliferation of polyphonic texts following the first contact between Europeans and the indigenous peoples of the Americas, this book is an important advance in the study of early American literature and writings of colonial encounter. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction 2 Performing God and Mammon 3 Performing history 4 Performing the Noble Savage 5 Performing the Creole...
