Dry bones and Indian sermons : praying Indians in colonial America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bross, Kristina
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2004.
Subjects:	American literature > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > History and criticism. Indians in literature. Christianity and literature > New England > History > 17th century. American literature > New England > History and criticism. Christian literature, American > History and criticism. Indians of North America > New England > Religion. Indians of North America > Missions > New England. National characteristics, American, in literature. Sermons, American > History and criticism. New England > Religious life and customs. Conversion in literature. Colonies in literature. Prayer in literature.

Table of Contents:

Praying Indians and the Mission upon the Hill
Seeing with Ezekiel's Eyes: Indian Resurrection in Transatlantic Colonial Writings
Wielding the Sword of God's Word: Translating and Reading the "Indian Bible"
Algonquians and Antinomians: "Spiritual Questions" and Dissent
Kinfolk and Penitents: "Indian Dialogues" as American Fiction
Satan's Captives, "Preying" Indians, and Mary Rowlandson: Revising the American Captivity Narrative
Dying Saints, Vanishing Savages: Dying Indian Speeches in Colonial New England Literature.