Reading Native American literature [electronic resource] /
Joseph L. Coulombe.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Routledge, 2011.
- ix, 188 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Native American literary outreach and the non-native reader -- Following the tracks : history and context of native writing -- Nothing but words : from confrontation to connection in N. Scott Momaday's House made of dawn -- Revitalizing the original clan : participant readers in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- Individualism vs. separation : imagining the self to foster unity via Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart -- Writing for connection: cross-cultural understanding in James Welch's historical fiction -- The approximate size of his favorite humor : Sherman Alexie's comic connections and disconnections in The lone ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven -- Stitching the gap : believing vs. knowing in Linda Hogan's Power.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780203832905 (electronic bk.)
American literature--Indian authors--History and criticism. Indians of North America--Intellectual life. Indians in literature.