New England, Nonesuch/New Media, Nonesuch: A Response to Matt Cohen

Like other colonial subjects, he had to assess the marketplace for political controversy to make an effective argument from tiny, distant Providence Plantations. 1 Because Williams positions it at the nexus of material textual histories and a critique of ideas about national entitlement, the notion...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Early American literature 2010-05, Vol.45 (2), p.281
Main Authors: Cohen, Matt, Tabbi, Joseph
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bible
Christianity
Historical text analysis
Native studies
New Testament
Politics
Rituals
Studies
Theology
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Like other colonial subjects, he had to assess the marketplace for political controversy to make an effective argument from tiny, distant Providence Plantations. 1 Because Williams positions it at the nexus of material textual histories and a critique of ideas about national entitlement, the notion of the nonesuch seems historiographically fertile. Accepting this re-figuration of medial and national boundaries, however, should not require literary scholars to account for every "messaging system" that past and present cultures have on offer-"paths and waterways, wampum, baskets, trail blazes, monuments, animal calls, medical rituals, African songs" and so forth.
ISSN:0012-8163
1534-147X