The Indian Chief as Tragic Hero: Native Resistance and the Literatures of America, from Moctezuma to Tecumseh

by Gordon M. Sayre

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The leaders of anticolonial wars of resistance--Metacom, Pontiac, Tecumseh, and Cuauhtemoc--spread fear across the frontiers of North America. Yet once defeated, these men became iconic martyrs for postcolonial national identity in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. By the early 1800s a craze arose for Indian tragedy on the U.S. stage, such as John Augustus Stone's Metamora, and for Indian biographies as national historiography, such as...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807856320

ISBN13:9780807856321

Release Date:October 2005

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.4"

Related Subjects

Americas Classics Colonial Period History History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Native American Native American Studies Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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