Seasons of Misery
Book • 2013
In 'Seasons of Misery', Kathleen Donegan explores the chaotic beginnings of English settlements in America, focusing on Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, and Barbados.
She argues that catastrophe marked the transition from European to colonial identities, producing a distinct colonial literature as settlers struggled to describe their unprecedented experiences.
The book combines narrative history and literary analysis to reveal how settlers used a language of catastrophe to process their new realities.
She argues that catastrophe marked the transition from European to colonial identities, producing a distinct colonial literature as settlers struggled to describe their unprecedented experiences.
The book combines narrative history and literary analysis to reveal how settlers used a language of catastrophe to process their new realities.
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