A Key into the Language of America

The legacy of cultural imperialism, the consequences of gender, and the marginalization of the conquered are themes that combine and comment, one on the other, in Rosmarie Waldrop's remarkable new work, A Key into the Language of America. As "formally adventurous" (A.L. Nielson, Washington Review) as ever, German-born Waldrop has based her new collection on Rhode Island founder Roger Williams's 1643 guide (of the same name) to Narragansett Indian language and lore.

Introduction: A Key into a Key
Salutations	p. 3
Of Eating and Entertainment	p. 5
Concerning Sleepe and Lodging	p. 7
Of Their Numbers	p. 9
Of Their Relations of Consanguinitie and Affinitie, or, Blood and Marriage	p. 11
Of the Family and Businesse of the House	p. 13
Of Their Persons and Parts of Body	p. 15
Of Discourse and Newes	p. 17
Of the Time of the Day	p. 19
Of the Season of the Yeere	p. 21
Of Travell	p. 23
Concerning the Heavens and Heavenly Lights	p. 25
Of the Weather	p. 27
Of the Winds	p. 29
Of Fowle	p. 31
Of the Earth and the Fruits Thereof	p. 33
Of Beasts	p. 35
Of the Sea	p. 37
Of Fish and Fishing	p. 39
Of Their Nakednesse and Clothing	p. 41
Of Religion, the Soule	p. 43
Of Their Government and Justice	p. 45
Of Marriage	p. 47
Concerning Their Coyne	p. 49
Of Buying and Selling	p. 51
Of Debts and Trusting	p. 53
Of Their Hunting	p. 55
Of Their Gaming	p. 57
Of Their Warre	p. 59
Of Their Paintings	p. 61
Of Sicknesse	p. 63
Of Death and Buriall	p. 65
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