Other destinies : understanding the American Indian novel / by Louis Owens
| Author(s): | Owens, Louis |
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| Location: |
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| Subjects: | American fiction--Indian authors--History and criticism Indians of North America--Intellectual life Indians in literature |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Published: | Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1992 |
| Series: | American Indian literature and critical studies series v. 3 American Indian literature and critical studies series v. 3 |
| LC Classification: | P, PS |
| Table of Contents: | Acknowledgments 1. Other Destinies, Other Plots: An Introduction to Indian Novels 3 2. Origin Mists: John Rollin Ridge's Masquerade and Mourning Dove's Mixedbloods 32 3. Maps of the Mind: John Joseph Mathews and D'Arcy McNickle 49 4. Acts of Imagination: The Novels of N. Scott Momaday 90 5. Earthboy's Return: James Welch's Acts of Recovery 128 6. "The Very Essence of Our Lives": Leslie Silko's Webs of Identity 167 7. Erdrich and Dorris's Mixedbloods and Multiple Narratives 192 8. Ecstatic Strategies: Gerald Vizenor's Trickster Narratives 225 Notes 255 References 275 Bibliography of American Indian Novels 283 Index 286 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 92003507 ISBN: 0806124237 (permanent paper) Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | x, 291 p. ; 23 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 25368641 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0806124237 |