{"product_id":"hope-leslie-or-early-times-in-the-massachusetts-9780813512228","title":"Hope Leslie  Or Early Times in the Massachusetts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHope Leslie\u003c\/i\u003e (1827), set in the seventeenth-century New England, is a novel that forced readers to confront the consequences of the Puritans’ subjugation and displacement of the indigenous Indian population at a time when contemporaries were demanding still more land from the Cherokees, the Chickasaws, and the Choctaws.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis handsome reprint... makes available after many decades the New Englander's tale of seventeenth-century Puritans and their relations with the indigenous Indian population. * Nineteenth-Century Literature *\u003cbr\u003eDevelop[s] the connections between patriarchal authority within the Puritan state and its policy of dispossessing and exterminating Indians. The different heritage it envisions explicitly links white women and Indians and elaborates a communal concept of liberty at odds with the individualistic concept which predominated in American culture.  * Legacy *\u003cbr\u003eA splendidly conceived edition of Sedgwick's historical romance. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Notes to Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e A Note on the Text\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHope Leslie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Author's Notes\u003cbr\u003e Explanatory Notes","brand":"MW - Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038411358551,"sku":"9780813512228","price":35.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813512228.jpg?v=1750940251","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hope-leslie-or-early-times-in-the-massachusetts-9780813512228","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}