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A survey style introduction to contemporary Native American literature aimed at students with little or no experience of the subject, or of Native American culture or history.

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This is an accessible, informed and informative guide to current Native American writing which will be of use to all students embarking on study of this often contested subject. -- Faith Pullin, University of Edinburgh Journal of American Studies This is an accessible, informed and informative guide to current Native American writing which will be of use to all students embarking on study of this often contested subject.

Table of Contents
1 Introduction; 2 The Emergence and Development of Native American Literature; 3 Seminal Writers: N. Scott Momaday, James Welch and Leslie Marmon Silko; 4 Writing Women: Louise Erdrich, Anna Lee Walters and Luci Tapahonso; 5 Tricksters and Critics: Simon Ortiz, Louis Owens and Gerald Vizenor; 6 Extending the Canon: Recent Native Writers; Bibliography and Further Reading; Index

Contemporary Native American Literature

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      Publisher Edinburgh University Press
      Published 12 April 2007
      ISBN-13 9780748621491
      978-0748621491
      ISBN-10 0748621490
      Also in:
      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A survey style introduction to contemporary Native American literature aimed at students with little or no experience of the subject, or of Native American culture or history.

      Trade Review
      This is an accessible, informed and informative guide to current Native American writing which will be of use to all students embarking on study of this often contested subject. -- Faith Pullin, University of Edinburgh Journal of American Studies This is an accessible, informed and informative guide to current Native American writing which will be of use to all students embarking on study of this often contested subject.

      Table of Contents
      1 Introduction; 2 The Emergence and Development of Native American Literature; 3 Seminal Writers: N. Scott Momaday, James Welch and Leslie Marmon Silko; 4 Writing Women: Louise Erdrich, Anna Lee Walters and Luci Tapahonso; 5 Tricksters and Critics: Simon Ortiz, Louis Owens and Gerald Vizenor; 6 Extending the Canon: Recent Native Writers; Bibliography and Further Reading; Index

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