'There Was a Veil upon You, Pocahontas': The Pocahontas Story as a Myth of American Heterogeneity in the Liberal Western

Authors :: Savage, Jordan
Source :: Papers on Language & Literature. Wntr, 2018, Vol. 54 Issue 1, p7, 18 p.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: In his 1930 epic poem The Bridge, Hart Crane codified the Algonquin 'princess' Pocahontas as the mythical mother of the USA. This reading of Pocahontas--as a symbol of the coming [...]

Subjects :: The Bridge (Crane, Hart) (Poem) -- Criticism and interpretation
Multiculturalism -- Analysis
Native American women -- Myths and legends
Historical romances -- Analysis
Languages and linguistics
Literature/writing

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