Dreams Of Fiery Stars
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Dreams Of Fiery Stars
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Author : Catherine Rainwater
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2010-08-03
Dreams Of Fiery Stars written by Catherine Rainwater and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1999 Since the 1968 publication of N. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn, a new generation of Native American storytellers has chosen writing over oral traditions. While their works have found an audience by observing many of the conventions of the mainstream novel, Native American written narrative has emerged as something distinct from the postmodern novel with which it is often compared. In Dreams of Fiery Stars, Catherine Rainwater examines the novels of writers such as Momaday, Linda Hogan, Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, and Louise Erdrich and contends that the very act of writing narrative imposes constraints upon these authors that are foreign to Native American tradition. Their works amount to a break with—and a transformation of—American Indian storytelling. The book focuses on the agenda of social and cultural regeneration encoded in contemporary Native American narrative, and addresses key questions about how these works achieve their overtly stated political and revisionary aims. Rainwater explores the ways in which the writers "create" readers who understand the connection between storytelling and personal and social transformation; considers how contemporary Native American narrative rewrites Western notions of space and time; examines the existence of intertextual connections between Native American works; and looks at the vital role of Native American literature in mainstream society today.
The Cambridge Companion To Native American Literature
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Author : Joy Porter
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-07-21
The Cambridge Companion To Native American Literature written by Joy Porter and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
An informative and wide-ranging overview of Native American literature from the 1770s to present day.
Books And Beyond 4 Volumes
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Author : Kenneth Womack
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2008-10-30
Books And Beyond 4 Volumes written by Kenneth Womack and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
There's a strong interest in reading for pleasure or self-improvement in America, as shown by the popularity of Harry Potter, and book clubs, including Oprah Winfrey's. Although recent government reports show a decline in recreational reading, the same reports show a strong correlation between interest in reading and academic acheivement. This set provides a snapshot of the current state of popular American literature, including various types and genres. The volume presents alphabetically arranged entries on more than 70 diverse literary categories, such as cyberpunk, fantasy literature, flash fiction, GLBTQ literature, graphic novels, manga and anime, and zines. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides a definition of the genre, an overview of its history, a look at trends and themes, a discussion of how the literary form engages contemporary issues, a review of the genre's reception, a discussion of authors and works, and suggestions for further reading. Sidebars provide fascinating details, and the set closes with a selected, general bibliography. Reading in America for pleasure and knowledge continues to be popular, even while other media compete for attention. While students continue to read many of the standard classics, new genres have emerged. These have captured the attention of general readers and are also playing a critical role in the language arts classroom. This book maps the state of popular literature and reading in America today, including the growth of new genres, such as cyberpunk, zines, flash fiction, GLBTQ literature, and other topics. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides a definition of the genre, an overview of its history, a look at trends and themes, a discussion of how the literary form engages contemporary issues, a review of the genre's critical reception, a discussion of authors and works, and suggestions for further reading. Sidebars provide fascinating details, and the set closes with a selected, general bibliography. Students will find this book a valuable guide to what they're reading today and will appreciate its illumination of popular culture and contemporary social issues.
Fluctuating Life
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Author : Joshua Spencer
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2007-08-23
Fluctuating Life written by Joshua Spencer and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-23 with Poetry categories.
Fluctuating Life is a book of sixty (60) poems by Joshua Spencer, depicting, symbolically, the struggles, triumphs and jubilation of the author. Joshua Spencer, a teacher with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), highlights the challenges, triumphs and jubilation, experienced throughout his life's existence, both in the Caribbean and North America. The work is perforated throughout with symbols, metaphors, personifications, similes, and so on. Joshua Spencer eloquently and touchingly entraps, captivates and motivates his audience's thought processes, to share in his challenges of love, perceived discrimination, economic deprivation and his will in overcoming a serious illness experienced. These poems, a direct experience of his winding life ́s journey, serve as great motivational tools for all who have encountered, or are currently facing numerous struggles and setbacks in life. You will learn how to triumph, how to be resilient! It is also a terrific vehicle of education for adolescents, young adults, and the inexperienced of society. Students of Literature and History will gain significantly from reading and studying from Fluctuating Life as will scholars and individuals of varying backgrounds and cultures.
Louise Erdrich S Love Medicine
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Author : Hertha Dawn Wong
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2000
Louise Erdrich S Love Medicine written by Hertha Dawn Wong and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Historical fiction, American categories.
This is a casebook on Louise Erdrich's first novel, Love Medicine, which came out in 1984 to instant national acclaim, winning a National Book Circle Critics Award and launching a tetralogy which it would take Erdrich ten years to complete.
Figuring Animals
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Author : M. Pollock
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-10-03
Figuring Animals written by M. Pollock and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
This is a collection of fifteen essays which expose weaknesses in western epistemological frames of reference that for centuries have limited our views, and, thus, our experiences of animal being, including our own. The volume contributes to current discussions of new ways of seeing the other inhabitants of this world and more effective ways of sharing the world with them. The contributors draw on and complement the growing field of ecocriticism, but because the contributors draw on an array of disciplinary and cultural perspectives, it will appeal to a wide audience, ranging from literary scholars, philosophers, art historians, anthropologists, and cultural historians (including graduate and undergraduate students in all these disciplines), to laypersons interested in nature writing and environmental issues.
That S Raven Talk
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Author : Mareike Neuhaus
language : en
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Release Date : 2000
That S Raven Talk written by Mareike Neuhaus and has been published by University of Regina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Canadian literature categories.
"The first comprehensive study of North American Indigenous languages as the basis of textualized orality in Indigenous literatures in English. Drawing on a significant Indigenous language structure -- the holophrase (one-word sentence) -- Neuhaus proposes "holophrastic reading" as a culturally specific reading strategy for orality in Indigenous writing. In readings of works by Ishmael Alunik (Inuvialuit), Alootook Ipellie (Inuit), Richard Van Camp (Dogrib), Thomas King (Cherokee), and Louise Bernice Halfe (Cree), she demonstrates that (para)holophrases -- the various transformations of holophrases into English-language discourse -- textualize orality in Indigenous literatures by grounding it in Indigenous linguistic traditions. Neuhaus's discussion points to the paraholophrase, the functional equivalent of the holophrase, as a central discourse device in Indigenous writing and as a figure of speech in its own right. Building on interdisciplinary research, this groundbreaking study not only links oral strategies in Indigenous writing to Indigenous rhetorical sovereignty, but also points to ancestral language influences and Indigenous rhetoric more generally as areas for future research"--Cover.
A Companion To American Gothic
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Author : Charles L. Crow
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-09-10
A Companion To American Gothic written by Charles L. Crow and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
A Companion to American Gothic features a collection of original essays that explore America’s gothic literary tradition. The largest collection of essays in the field of American Gothic Contributions from a wide variety of scholars from around the world The most complete coverage of theory, major authors, popular culture and non-print media available
The Cambridge Companion To American Fiction After 1945
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Author : John N. Duvall
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-12-08
The Cambridge Companion To American Fiction After 1945 written by John N. Duvall and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
Each generation revises literary history and this is nowhere more evident than in the post-Second World War period. This 2011 Companion offers a comprehensive, authoritative and accessible overview of the diversity of American fiction since the Second World War. Essays by nineteen distinguished scholars provide critical insights into the significant genres, historical contexts, cultural diversity and major authors during a period of enormous American global political and cultural power. This power is overshadowed, nevertheless, by national anxieties growing out of events ranging from the Civil Rights Movement to the rise of feminism; from the Cold War and its fear of Communism and nuclear warfare to the Age of Terror and its different yet related fears of the 'Other'. American fiction since 1945 has faithfully chronicled these anxieties. An essential reference guide, this Companion provides a chronology of the period, as well as guides to further reading.
The Twentieth Century American Fiction Handbook
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Author : Christopher MacGowan
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-02-21
The Twentieth Century American Fiction Handbook written by Christopher MacGowan and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN FICTION Accessibly structured with entries on important historical contexts, central issues, key texts and the major writers, this Handbook provides an engaging overview of twentieth-century American fiction. Featured writers range from Henry James and Theodore Dreiser to contemporary figures such as Joyce Carol Oates, Thomas Pynchon, and Sherman Alexie, and analyses of key works include The Great Gatsby, Lolita, The Color Purple, and The Joy Luck Club, among others. Relevant contexts for these works, such as the impact of Hollywood, the expatriate scene in the 1920s, and the political unrest of the 1960s are also explored, and their importance discussed. This is a stimulating overview of twentieth-century American fiction, offering invaluable guidance and essential information for students and general readers.