The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature / Edited by Joy Porter and Kenneth M. Roemer.

The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature / Edited by Joy Porter and Kenneth M. Roemer.

9780521822831
0521822831
9780521529792 (pbk.)
0521529794 (pbk.)

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

English

xviii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

810.9897 C178 2005

(OCoLC)60321214
(OCoLC)60321214

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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