The Cambridge companion to Native American literature

The Cambridge companion to Native American literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Porter, Joy, 1967-, Roemer, Kenneth M., 1945-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Subjects:	American literature > Indian authors > History and criticism. Indians of North America > Intellectual life. Indians in literature. American literature > Indigenous authors > History and criticism. Indigenous peoples > North America > Intellectual life. Indigenous peoples in literature. American literature > Indian authors. American literature. Indians of North America. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Table of contents only Publisher description Contributor biographical information

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Kenneth M. Roemer
Timeline: literary, historical, and cultural conjunctions / Kenneth M. Roemer
PART I. HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS
Historical and cultural contexts to Native American literature / Joy Porter
Translation and mediation / David Murray
Women writers and gender issues / Annette Van Dyke
PART II. GENRE CONTEXTS
Non-fiction prose / Bernd Peyer
Native American life writing / Hertha D. Sweet Wong
America's indigenous poetry / Norma C. Wilson
Pre-1968 fiction / A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff
Fiction: 1968 to the present / James Ruppert
American Indian theatre / Ann Haugo
PART III. INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS
N. Scott Momaday: becoming the bear / Chadwick Allen
Simon Ortiz: writing home / Patricia Clark Smith
James Welch: identity, circumstances and chance / Kathryn W. Shanley
Leslie Marmon Silko: storyteller / Robert M. Nelson
Gerald Vizenor: postindian liberation / Kimberly M. Blaeser
Louise Erdrich's storied universe / Catherine Rainwater
Joy Harjo's poetry / Laura Coltelli
Sherman Alexie: irony, intimacy, and agency / David L. Moore.