Moving Encounters Sympathy and the Indian Question in Antebellum Literature |
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| Author:
| Mielke, Laura L. |
| Series title: | Native Americans of the Northeast Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55849-631-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2008 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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Details not only how such writers as James Fenimore Cooper and Henry Rowe Schoolcraft forecast the inevitable demise of Indian-white sympathy, but also how authors like Lydia Maria Child and William Apess insisted that a language of feeling could be used to create shared community or defend American Indian sovereignty.
Details not only how such writers as James Fenimore Cooper and Henry Rowe Schoolcraft forecast the inevitable demise of Indian-white sympathy, but also how authors like Lydia Maria Child and William Apess insisted that a language of feeling could be used to create shared community or defend American Indian sovereignty.