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

• Autore: Purdy John Lloyd
• Pubblicazione: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
• Disciplina: 813.009/897
• Soggetto topico: American fiction - Indian authors - History and criticism; Indians of North America - Intellectual life; Indians in literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Writing Indian, native conversations
• ISBN: 1-282-42398-3; 9786612423987; 0-8032-2650-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459417203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II