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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459417203321

Autore

Purdy John Lloyd

Titolo

Writing Indian, native conversations [[electronic resource] /] / John Lloyd Purdy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-42398-3

9786612423987

0-8032-2650-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Disciplina

813.009/897

Soggetti

American fiction - Indian authors - History and criticism

Indians of North America - Intellectual life

Indians in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introductions; 1. The 1970's; 2. The 1980's; 3. The 1990's; 4. The New Millennium and Its Origins; Epilogue; Source Acknowledgments; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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