The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature

Joy Porter (Curatore)

Kenneth M. Roemer (Curatore)

Cambridge University Press, 2005

Invisible, marginal, expected - these words trace the path of recognition for American Indian literature written in English since the late eighteenth century. This Companion chronicles and celebrates that trajectory by defining relevant institutional, historical, cultural, and gender contexts, by outlining the variety of genres written since the 1770s, and also by focusing on significant authors who established a place for Native literature in literary canons in the 1970s (Momaday, Silko, Welch, Ortiz, Vizenor), achieved international recognition in the 1980s (Erdrich), and performance-celebrity status in the 1990s (Harjo and Alexie). In addition to the seventeen chapters written by respected experts - Native and non-Native; American, British and European scholars - the Companion includes bio-bibliographies of forty authors, maps, suggestions for further reading, and a timeline which details major works of Native American literature and mainstream American literature, as well as significant social, cultural and historical events. An essential overview of this powerful literature.

• Curatore: Joy Porter, Kenneth M. Roemer
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Anno: 2005
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 368 p.
• Dimensioni: 236 x 158 mm
• Peso: 710 gr.
• EAN: 9780521822831

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