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Writing Indian, Native Conversations - by John Lloyd Purdy (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- Since N. Scott Momaday's 1969 Pulitzer Prize for House Made of Dawn brought Native American fiction squarely into mainstream culture, the genre has expanded in different ways and in new directions.
- About the Author: John Lloyd Purdy is a professor of English at Western Washington University.
- 302 Pages
- Literary Criticism, Native American
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Book Synopsis
Since N. Scott Momaday's 1969 Pulitzer Prize for House Made of Dawn brought Native American fiction squarely into mainstream culture, the genre has expanded in different ways and in new directions. The result is a Native American-written literature that requires a variety of critical approaches, including a discussion of how this canon differs from the familiar, established canons of American literature. Drawing on personal experience as well as literary scholarship, John Lloyd Purdy brings the traditions of Native American fiction into conversation with ideas about the past, present, and future of Native literatures. By revisiting some of the classics of the genre and offering critical readings of their distinctive qualities and shades of meaning, Purdy celebrates their dynamic literary qualities. Interwoven with this personal reflection on the last thirty years of work in the genre are interviews with prominent Native American scholars and writers (including Paula Gunn Allen, Simon Ortiz, Gerald Vizenor, Sherman Alexie, and Louis Owens), who offer their own insights about Native literatures and the future of the genre. In this book their voices provide the original, central conversation that leads to readings of specific novels. At once a journey of discovery for readers new to the canon and an intimate, fresh reunion with important novels for those well versed in Native studies, Writing Indian, Native Conversations invites all comers to participate in a communal conversation.Review Quotes
"Writing Indian, Native Conversations contributes to the critical discourse in Native American literature."--Geraldine Mendoza, Great Plains Quarterly
"[Purdy] provides an interesting balance of historical and contemporary intellectual reflections."--W. M. Wynn, CHOICE
About the Author
John Lloyd Purdy is a professor of English at Western Washington University. He is the coeditor of Nothing but the Truth: An Anthology of Native American Literature and the author of Word Ways: The Novels of D'Arcy McNickle.Dimensions (Overall): 8.6 Inches (H) x 5.6 Inches (W) x 1.2 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.15 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 302
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: Native American
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: John Lloyd Purdy
Language: English
Street Date: October 1, 2009
TCIN: 94400587
UPC: 9780803222878
Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-7153
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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