This first book-length critical analysis of the full range of novels written between 1854 and today by American Indian authors takes as its theme the search for self-discovery and cultural recovery. In his introduction, Louis Owens places the novels in context by considering their relationships to traditional American Indian oral literature as well as their differences from mainstream Euroamerican literature. In the following chapters he looks at the novels of John Rollin Ridge, Mourning Dove, John Joseph Mathews, D'Arcy ...
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This first book-length critical analysis of the full range of novels written between 1854 and today by American Indian authors takes as its theme the search for self-discovery and cultural recovery. In his introduction, Louis Owens places the novels in context by considering their relationships to traditional American Indian oral literature as well as their differences from mainstream Euroamerican literature. In the following chapters he looks at the novels of John Rollin Ridge, Mourning Dove, John Joseph Mathews, D'Arcy McNickle, N. Scott Momaday, James Welch, Leslie Marmon Silko, Louise Erdrich, Michael Dorris, and Gerald Vizenor.
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Good. Good condition. Volume 3. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good. 8vo. x, 291pp, index, bibliography, references. Card covers. Slight edge wear, slight wave to front cover. The first book length analysis of novels written between 1854 and today by American Indian authors takes as its theme the search for self-discovery and cultural recovery. Draws on a wide range of literary theory to analyze issues of marginalization and cultural survival in the novels of John Rollin Ridge; Mourning Dove; John Joseph Mathews; D'Arcy McNickle; N Scott Momaday; Jsames Welch; Leslie Marmon Silko; Louise Erdrich; Michael Dorris and Gerald Vizenor. The third volume in U of OK's excellent American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series.
