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  1. Resurrecting the first great American play
    imperial politics and colonial ambitions in frontier Detroit
    Author: Ludwig, Sämi
    Published: [2020]; © 2020
    Publisher:  The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin

    "In the mid-eighteenth century, the Ottawa chief Pontiac (often spelled Ponteach at the time) led an intertribal confederacy in resisting British power in the Great Lakes region, an event immortalized in the play Ponteach, or the Savages of America.... more

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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    "In the mid-eighteenth century, the Ottawa chief Pontiac (often spelled Ponteach at the time) led an intertribal confederacy in resisting British power in the Great Lakes region, an event immortalized in the play Ponteach, or the Savages of America. This play, written by infamous frontier soldier Robert Rogers, is one of the earliest theatrical renderings of the region, depicting its hero in a way that called into question eighteenth-century constructions of Indigenous Americans. Sämi Ludwig contends that Ponteach's literary and artistic merits are worthy of further exploration. He investigates the questions of authorship and analyzes the play's content, embracing its many contradictions as enriching windows into the era. In this way, he suggests using Ponteach as a tool to better understand British imperialism in North America and the emerging theatrical forms developing in the Young Republic"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780299325404
    RVK Categories: HS 1770
    Subjects: Amerikanisches Englisch; Kolonialismus <Motiv>; Drama
    Other subjects: Rogers, Robert (1731-1795); Rogers, Robert / 1731-1795 / Ponteach; Rogers, Robert / 1731-1795 / Criticism and interpretation; Pontiac / Ottawa Chief / -1769 / In literature; Pontiac / Ottawa Chief / -1769; Rogers, Robert / 1731-1795; American drama / 18th century / History and criticism; American drama; Literature; 1700-1799; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Scope: xiii, 270 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 cm
    Notes:

    Introduction: from scalping knife to iambic pentameter -- Part I. Outside Ponteach: the players and the historical context -- Who was Pontiac? -- The adventurous life of Major Robert Rogers -- The historical background of Ponteach -- Part II. Inside Ponteach: the play text and its literary qualities -- An artistic failure? -- The realistic dimension -- The power of European conventions -- The aesthetic dimension -- Import issues -- Open questions -- Conclusions: the original backwoodsman? -- Centrifugal insights
  2. From Androboros to the First Amendment
    a history of America's first play
    Author: Davis, Peter A.
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Univ. of Iowa Press, Iowa City

    Location:
    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin; Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781609383114
    Series: Studies in theatre history and culture
    Subjects: American drama / 18th century / History and criticism; Satire, American / History and criticism; Politics and literature / United States / History / 18th century; Law and literature / United States / History / 19th century; Geschichte; Drama
    Other subjects: Hunter, Robert / 1666-1734 / Androboros
    Scope: XIX, 222 S., Ill.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index
  3. Resurrecting the first great American play
    imperial politics and colonial ambitions in frontier Detroit
    Author: Ludwig, Sämi
    Published: [2020]; © 2020
    Publisher:  The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin

    "In the mid-eighteenth century, the Ottawa chief Pontiac (often spelled Ponteach at the time) led an intertribal confederacy in resisting British power in the Great Lakes region, an event immortalized in the play Ponteach, or the Savages of America.... more

    Location:
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
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    "In the mid-eighteenth century, the Ottawa chief Pontiac (often spelled Ponteach at the time) led an intertribal confederacy in resisting British power in the Great Lakes region, an event immortalized in the play Ponteach, or the Savages of America. This play, written by infamous frontier soldier Robert Rogers, is one of the earliest theatrical renderings of the region, depicting its hero in a way that called into question eighteenth-century constructions of Indigenous Americans. Sämi Ludwig contends that Ponteach's literary and artistic merits are worthy of further exploration. He investigates the questions of authorship and analyzes the play's content, embracing its many contradictions as enriching windows into the era. In this way, he suggests using Ponteach as a tool to better understand British imperialism in North America and the emerging theatrical forms developing in the Young Republic"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780299325404
    RVK Categories: HS 1770
    Subjects: Amerikanisches Englisch; Kolonialismus <Motiv>; Drama
    Other subjects: Rogers, Robert (1731-1795); Rogers, Robert / 1731-1795 / Ponteach; Rogers, Robert / 1731-1795 / Criticism and interpretation; Pontiac / Ottawa Chief / -1769 / In literature; Pontiac / Ottawa Chief / -1769; Rogers, Robert / 1731-1795; American drama / 18th century / History and criticism; American drama; Literature; 1700-1799; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Scope: xiii, 270 Seiten, Illustrationen, 24 cm
    Notes:

    Introduction: from scalping knife to iambic pentameter -- Part I. Outside Ponteach: the players and the historical context -- Who was Pontiac? -- The adventurous life of Major Robert Rogers -- The historical background of Ponteach -- Part II. Inside Ponteach: the play text and its literary qualities -- An artistic failure? -- The realistic dimension -- The power of European conventions -- The aesthetic dimension -- Import issues -- Open questions -- Conclusions: the original backwoodsman? -- Centrifugal insights