Writing Indian, native conversations

Writing Indian, native conversations

by Purdy, John Lloyd

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By revisiting some of the classics of the genre and offering critical readings of their distinctive qualities and shades of meaning, Purdy celebrates their dynamic literary qualities. Interwoven with this personal reflection on the last thirty years of work in the genre are interviews with prominent Native American scholars and writers (including Paula Gunn Allen, Simon Ortiz, Gerald Vizenor, Sherman Alexie, and Louis Owens), who offer their own insights about Native literatures and the future …

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

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By revisiting some of the classics of the genre and offering critical readings of their distinctive qualities and shades of meaning, Purdy celebrates their dynamic literary qualities. Interwoven with this personal reflection on the last thirty years of work in the genre are interviews with prominent Native American scholars and writers (including Paula Gunn Allen, Simon Ortiz, Gerald Vizenor, Sherman Alexie, and Louis Owens), who offer their own insights about Native literatures and the future of the genre. In this book their voices provide the original, central conversation that leads to read.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2009.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xvii, 282 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780803226500, 0803226500, 1282423983, 9781282423985, 9786612423987, 6612423986, 9780803226517, 0803226519
  • oclc:ocn593234933
  • 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 Centro para la Promoción de la Conserva… Criticism, interpretation, etc Geschichte 1970-2009 Indianer Indianer (Motiv) Indianerroman Indians in literature Indians of North America -- Intellectua… LITERARY CRITICISM -- American Literary Criticism -- Native American Literatur Native peoples -- Intellectual life Native peoples in literature Nordamerika Prosa Roman américain -- Auteurs indiens d'Am… Schriftsteller Universidad Sergio Arboleda

Writers

Purdy, John Lloyd

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