 | The Captive''s Position: Female Narrative, Male Identity, and Royal Authority in Colonial New England Subjects: Indian captivities -- New England -- History; Women -- New England -- History -- 17th century -- Sources; Women in literature -- History and criticism; Indians in literature -- History and criticism; Sex role in literature -- History and criticism; Indian; Reconsidering captivity narratives published between 1682 and 1707, The Captive's Position explores the ways in which two generations of New England Puritan ministers reacted to internal and imperial challenges to colonial authority by seizing upon representations of captive women to negotiate and to shape a distinctive male identity. Teresa A. Toulouse is Professor of English at Tulane University and author of The Art of Prophesying: New England Sermons and the Shaping of Belief. |
