Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Narratives Indian Captivities
Discusses Indian captivity narratives as the result of "involuntary journeying" and their contemporary appeal. Click on the next three names at the bottom of the page to read about some of the captives.
University of Massachusetts
Univ of Massachusetts Amherst: Mary Rowlandson Captive
Mary Rowlandson's account of her capture and captivity is retold and illustrated with modern photographs. Includes quotations from her account and a brief bibliography.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Utopian Promise: Mary Rowlandson
After immigrating to the New England colonies, being captured by Wampanoag Indians, Puritan and author acclimates herself to the Native American culture as a form of survival and documents her time kept captive. See "Mary Rowlandson...
Cengage Learning
Heath Anthology: Mary White Rowlandson
Examines Mary Rowlandson's account of her captivity in its historical perspective. Discusses the influence of Puritan sermons and the Bible on Rowlandson's writing. Contains reading response and discussion questions and a bibliography.
Hanover College
Hanover College: Mary Rowlandson's Captivity Narrative
College essay examines Mary Rowlandson's captivity narrative in its historical context and in light of her religious beliefs. Analyzes Rowlandson's view that her captivity was punishment by God for breaking the covenant between God and...
Washington State University
Washington State University: Mary Rowlandson & Captivity Narratives Bibliography
An extensive bibliography of works about the captivity narrative, with special attention to the captivity narrative of Mary Rowlandson.
Other
Msu: Captivity Narratives Bibliography
This bibliography of American captivity narratives is offered as part of a University of Michigan humanities electronic discussion group.