Tilton, Robert S. Pocahontas : : the evolution of an American narrative / [electronic resource] / Robert S. Tilton.. — Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : : Cambridge University Press,, 1994.. — xvi, 251 p. : : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 83.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index.

Miscegenation and the Pocahontas narrative in colonial and federalist America -- The Pocahontas narrative in post-Revolution America -- The Pocahontas narrative in the era of the romantic Indian -- John Gadsby Chapman's Baptism of Pocahontas -- The figure of Pocahontas in sectionalist propaganda -- Index.



ISBN: 0521461898 9780521461894 0521469597 (pbk.) 9780521469593 (pbk.)

LCCN: 94004607

Nat. Bib. No.: GB95-7265

Subjects--Personal Names:
Pocahontas, d. 1617 --In literature.
Pocahontas, ca. 1595-1617 --Legends--History and criticism.
Pocahontas, ca. 1595-1617 --In literature.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
American literature--History and criticism.--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Narration (Rhetoric)--History--19th century.
Narration (Rhetoric)--History--18th century.
Women and literature--United States.
Indian women in literature.
Indians in literature.

Subjects--Index Terms: English literature United States

LC Class. No.: PS173.I6 / T55 1994

Dewey Class. No.: 813.009/352042