SOURCE: Vanderbeets, Richard. “The Indian Captivity Narrative as Ritual.” American Literature 43, no. 4 (January 1972): 548-62.
In the essay below, Vanderbeets urges readers to view captivity narratives as a unified genre built upon common rituals.
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