| Description |
1 online resource (207 pages) |
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Continuum Studies in Contemporary North American Fiction |
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Continuum studies in contemporary North American fiction.
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| Contents |
1. Louise Erdrich the aesthetics of Mino Bimaadiziwin / Deborah L. Madsen -- pt. I : Tracks. 2. A Bowen family systems reading of Tracks / Allan Chavkin and Nancy Feyl Chavkin -- 3. "I knew there never was another martyr like me" : Pauline Puyat, historical trauma and Tracks / Connie A. Jacobs -- 4. "To become a bureaucrat myself" : history and law in Tracks / David Stirrup -- pt. II : The last report on the miracles at Little No Horse. 5. Power and authority in the realms of racial and gender politics : postcolonial and critical race theory in The last report on the miracles at Little No Horse / Mark Shackleton -- 6. "We speak of everything" : Indigenous traditions in The last report on the miracles at Little No Horse / P. Jane Hafen -- 7. Love and the slippery slope of sexual orientation : L/G/B/T/Q etc. Sensibility in The last report on the miracles at Little No Horse / Patrice Hollrah -- pt. III : The plague of doves. 8. "It all does come to nothing in the end" : nationalism and gender in Louise Erdrich's The plague of doves / Gina Valentino -- 9. So, a priest walks into a reservation tragicomedy : humor in The plague of doves / John Gamber -- 10. Haunted by birds : an eco-critical view of personhood in Louise Erdrich's The plague of doves / Catherine Rainwater |
| Summary |
Leading scholars critically explore three leading novels by Louise Erdrich, one of the most important and popular Native American writers working today. Louise Erdrich has shaped the possibilities for Native American, women's and popular fiction in the United States during the late twentieth century. Louise Erdrich collects new essays by noted scholars of Native American Literature on three important novels that chart the trajectory of Erdrich's novelistic career, "Tracks (1988)," "The Last Report on the Miracles At Little No Horse (2001)" and "The Plague of Doves (200 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Erdrich, Louise. Tracks
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Erdrich, Louise. Last report on the miracles at Little No Horse
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Erdrich, Louise. Plague of doves
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| SUBJECT |
Plague of doves (Erdrich, Louise) fast (OCoLC)fst02056941 |
| Subject |
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
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Literary studies: from c 1900.
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Literary studies: general.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441156969 |
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1441156968 |
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9781441100979 |
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1441100970 |
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9781441142061 |
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1441142061 |
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9781472542588 |
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1472542584 |
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