| Native American Fiction: A User's Manual Contributor(s): Treuer, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 155597452X ISBN-13: 9781555974527 Publisher: Graywolf Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: An entirely new approach to reading, understanding, and enjoying Native American fiction "This book has been written with the narrow conviction that if Native American literature is worth thinking about at all, it is worth thinking about as literature. The vast majority of thought that has been poured out onto Native American literature has puddled, for the most part, on how the texts are positioned in relation to history or culture." " "Rather than create a comprehensive cultural and historical genealogy for Native American literature, David Treuer investigates a selection of the most important Native American novels and, with a novelist' s eye and a critic' s mind, examines the intricate process of understanding literature on its own terms. """Native American Fiction: A User' s Manual "is speculative, witty, engaging, and written for the inquisitive reader. These essays-- on Sherman Alexie, Forrest Carter, James Fenimore Cooper, Louise Erdrich, Leslie Marmon Silko, and James Welch-- are rallying cries for the need to read literature as literature and, ultimately, reassert the importance and primacy of the word. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Native American |
| Dewey: 813.009 |
| LCCN: 2006924340 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.38" W x 8.4" (0.63 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An entirely new approach to reading, understanding, and enjoying Native American fiction This book has been written with the narrow conviction that if Native American literature is worth thinking about at all, it is worth thinking about as literature. The vast majority of thought that has been poured out onto Native American literature has puddled, for the most part, on how the texts are positioned in relation to history or culture. Native American Fiction: A User's Manual is speculative, witty, engaging, and written for the inquisitive reader. These essays--on Sherman Alexie, Forrest Carter, James Fenimore Cooper, Louise Erdrich, Leslie Marmon Silko, and James Welch--are rallying cries for the need to read literature as literature and, ultimately, reassert the importance and primacy of the word. |
Contributor Bio(s): Treuer, David: - DAVID TREUER is Ojibwe from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. He is the award-winning author of the novels, Little and The Hiawatha. He teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Minnesota. |