Empowering words outsiders and authorship in early America / Karen A. Weyler.
| Author/creator | Weyler, Karen A. |
| Format | Electronic |
| 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 |
| Subjects |
| 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) |