| Description |
xviii, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Kenneth M. Roemer -- Timeline: literary, historical, and cultural conjunctions / Kenneth M. Roemer -- PART I. HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS -- Historical and cultural contexts to Native American literature / Joy Porter -- Translation and mediation / David Murray -- Women writers and gender issues / Annette Van Dyke -- PART II. GENRE CONTEXTS -- Non-fiction prose / Bernd Peyer -- Native American life writing / Hertha D. Sweet Wong -- America's indigenous poetry / Norma C. Wilson -- Pre-1968 fiction / A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff -- Fiction: 1968 to the present / James Ruppert -- American Indian theatre / Ann Haugo -- PART III. INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS -- N. Scott Momaday: becoming the bear / Chadwick Allen -- Simon Ortiz: writing home / Patricia Clark Smith -- James Welch: identity, circumstances and chance / Kathryn W. Shanley -- Leslie Marmon Silko: storyteller / Robert M. Nelson -- Gerald Vizenor: postindian liberation / Kimberly M. Blaeser -- Louise Erdrich's storied universe / Catherine Rainwater -- Joy Harjo's poetry / Laura Coltelli -- Sherman Alexie: irony, intimacy, and agency / David L. Moore. |
| Subject |
American literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism.
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Indians of North America -- Intellectual life.
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Indians in literature.
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| Added Author |
Porter, Joy, 1967-
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Roemer, Kenneth M., 1945-
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| Added Title |
Native American literature |
| ISBN |
0521529794 (pbk.) |
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9780521822831 |
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0521822831 |
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9780521529792 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 276239474 |
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YDXCP 2199037 |
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YDXCP 100379075 |
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NZ1 9275990 |
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AU@ 000027095017 |
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