Colonial Writing and the New World, 1583–1671 : Allegories of Desire (Hardcover)

List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The allegorical structure of colonial desire; 2. Fear and love: two versions of Protestant ambivalence; 3. Forging the nation: the Irish problem; 4. Preaching the nation: the sermon as promotion; 5. Love and shame: Roger Williams and A Key into the Language of America; 6. Fear and self-loathing: John Eliot's Indian Dialogues; Coda; Notes; Index.