Writing Indian, native conversations

Writing Indian, native conversations

by Purdy, John Lloyd

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"Since N. Scott Momaday's 1969 Pulitzer Prize for House Made of Dawn brought Native American fiction squarely into mainstream culture, the genre has expanded in different ways and in new directions. The result is a Native American-written literature that requires a variety of critical approaches, including a discussion of how this canon differs from the familiar, established canons of American literature. Drawing on personal experience as well as literary scholarship, John Lloyd Purdy brings th…

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  • Full title :Writing Indian, native conversations / John Lloyd Purdy.

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"Since N. Scott Momaday's 1969 Pulitzer Prize for House Made of Dawn brought Native American fiction squarely into mainstream culture, the genre has expanded in different ways and in new directions. The result is a Native American-written literature that requires a variety of critical approaches, including a discussion of how this canon differs from the familiar, established canons of American literature. Drawing on personal experience as well as literary scholarship, John Lloyd Purdy brings the traditions of Native American fiction into conversation with ideas about the past, present, and future of Native literatures."--Jacket.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2009.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xvii, 282 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780803222878, 0803222874
  • oclc:ocn317925550
  • LC Classification:PS153.I52
  • Dewey Decimal:813.009/897

Table of Contents

The 1970s -- The 1980s -- The 1990s -- The new millennium and its origins.

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Subjects

American fiction -- Indian authors American fiction -- Indigenous authors Criticism, interpretation, etc Geschichte 1970-2009 Indianer Indianer (Motiv) Indianerroman Indians in literature Indians of North America -- Intellectua… Literatur Native peoples -- Intellectual life Native peoples in literature Nordamerika Prosa Roman américain -- Auteurs indiens d'Am… Schriftsteller USA

Writers

Purdy, John Lloyd

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