Empowering words outsiders and authorship in early America

Empowering words : outsiders and authorship in early America / Karen A. Weyler.

Author/creator	Weyler, Karen A.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Athens ; London : The University of Georgia Press, c2013.
Description	xiii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	American literature--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 --History and criticism. American literature--Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 --History and criticism. Outsiders in literature. Authorship--Social aspects --United States. Literacy--Social aspects --United States.

Contents	Introduction: Outsider authorship in early America -- Mourning New England: Phillis Wheatley and The broadside elegy -- An "Englishman under English colours": Briton Hammon, John Marrant, and the fungibility of Christian faith -- "Common, plain, every day talk" from "an uncommon quarter": Samson Occom and the language of the execution sermon -- Becoming "the American heroine": Deborah Sampson, collaboration, and performance -- "To proceed with spirit": Clementina Rind and the Virginia Gazette -- When barbers wrote books: mechanic societies and authorship -- Conclusion: Uncovering other outsider authors.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references ( and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013005553
ISBN	9780820343235 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0820343234 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780820343242 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0820343242 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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