Summary

American Indians have produced some of the most powerful and lyrical literature ever written in North America. Encyclopedia of American Indian Literature covers the field from the earliest recorded works to some of today's most exciting writers. This encyclopedia features the most respected, widely read, and influential American Indian writers to date.

Coverage includes:

• Sherman Alexie
• American Indian Literary Renaissance
• Assimilation
• Ceremony
• Louise Erdrich
• Joy Harjo
• House Made of Dawn
• Love Medicine
• Leslie Marmon Silko
• D’Arcy McNickle
• N. Scott Momaday
• Native "chic"
• Samson Occom
• Simon Ortiz
• Reservation life
• The Way to Rainy Mountain
• Trail of Tears
• Gerald Vizenor
• James Welch
• Zitkala-Sa
• and much more.

Specifications

Index. Appendix. Bibliographies. Cross-references.

About the Author(s)

Jennifer McClinton-Temple holds a Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma and is assistant professor of English at King's College in Pennsylvania.

Alan Velie holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and is the David Ross Boyd Professor at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of Shakespeare's Repentance Plays: The Search for an Adequate Form and Four American Indian Literary Masters: A Study of James Welch, Scott Momaday, Gerald Vizenor and Leslie Silko. Velie has edited The Lightning Within; American Indian Literature, an anthology of traditional and contemporary Indian literature; and Native American Perspectives on Literature and History.

Reviews and Awards

"...brings together solid information from scattered sources, facilitating research on an esoteric subject. Recommended for all public and academic reference collections."
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