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The Indian Chief as Tragic Hero: Native Resistance and the Literatures of America, from Moctezuma to Tecumseh
The Indian Chief as Tragic Hero Native Resistance and the Literatures of America from Moctezuma to Tecumseh
Author: Gordon M. Sayre
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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807856321
ISBN-10: 0807856320
Publication Date: 10/24/2005
Pages: 368
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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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