Revengeful Violence – Hannah Duston’s Captivity Narative and the Puritan Paradox
The story of Hannah Duston brings forth a new image of the captive Puritan woman, one that is bearing the horrifying specter of violent revenge. The essay dwells on the captive’s way of dealing with the experience of captivity by touching upon Walter Benjamin’s approach on the matter and also by ana...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sciendo
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Romanian Journal of English Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0027-6 |