Mary White Rowlandson

Written and Composed by Heather M. Morris

http://www.hmco.com/college/english/heath/syllabuild/iguide/rowlands.html

This site is an excellent place to go for help on writing a paper about Mary Rowlandson. Paula Uruburu, the editor of this site, discusses major themes, historical perspective, style, form, audience, and comparative written works. Uruburu also includes questions for discussion which would help find a starting point. The information in this site is put together to aid in teaching this subject. This is a text only site. Uruburu makes reference to other early American writers (Winthrop, Bradford and Bradstreet) and provides links to information regarding these individuals as well.

http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/mary.html

This site, posted by the Biology Dept. of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is packed with information about Mary Rowlandson. It has pictures of where her house used to be, the trails that she would have walked, and other places she would have been during her captivity. The site gives a summary of the events that occurred before, during and after her captivity, using comments from her narrative. The site also provides access to other related topics and the UM home page.

http://www.library.upenn.edu/special/gallery/kislak/colonial/rowlandson1.html

This site contains pictures of the 1773 edition of Mary Rowlandson's narrative that is held by the Rosenbach Museum and Library, and many other pictures of similar works. This site was posted by the University of Pennsylvania Library and is titled PENN Library/ exhibitions. From this site, researchers can access a variety of information concerning colonization, written works, captivities, religion during colonial times, and many essays on these and other related to pics. The main heading for this site is Cultural Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas.

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Updated February 24, 1999