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Unscripted America reconstructs an archive of indigenous language texts in order to present a new and wholly unique account of their impact on philosophy and US literary culture.
List of contents
- Introduction
- 1. The 'Savage Sounds' of Christian Translation: How Missionaries Confronted the Limits of Universalism in Early America
- 2. Learning to Write Algonquian Letters: The Indigenous Place of Language Philosophy in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World
- 3. Local Linguistics and Indigenous Cosmologies of the Early Eighteenth Century Atlantic World
- 4. Imperial Millennialism and the Battle for American Indian Souls
- 5. The Nature of Indian Words in the Rise of Anglo-American Nativism
- 6. Franco-Catholic Communication and Indian Alliance in the Seven Years War
- 7. Unruly Empiricisms and Linguistic Sovereignty in Thomas Jefferson's Indian Vocabulary Project
- 8. Indigenous Metaphors and the Philosophy of History in Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales
- Coda: Remembered Forms of a Literary Nation
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
About the author
Sarah Rivett is Associate Professor of English at Princeton University and the author of The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England (UNC Press, 2011), which won the Brewer Prize of the American Society of Church History.
Summary
Unscripted America reconstructs an archive of indigenous language texts in order to present a new and wholly unique account of their impact on philosophy and US literary culture.
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Unscripted America is a necessary and timely celebration of Native American linguistic contributions to American literature, history, and creative spirit. Sarah Rivett's insightful analysis is a sensitive and thought-provoking exploration of linguistic encounters between America's First Nations of the Northeast and colonial/settler societies. Rivett deftly shares with readers the importance of understanding North America's complicated literary and linguistic past so that we may recognize how deeply Native America continues to contribute to America's literary and linguistic imaginaries.
