"That the People Might Live" : Loss and Renewal in Native American Elegy /

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"Surveys the traditions of Native American elegiac expression over several centuries. Krupat covers a variety of oral performances of loss and renewal, including the Condolence Rites of the Iroquois and the memorial ceremony of the Tlingit people known as koo'eex, examining as well a numbe...

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Autor principal: Krupat, Arnold (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Loss (Psychology) in literature
Indians of North America > Funeral customs and rites
Indian literature
Grief in literature
Folk literature, Indian
Death in literature
American literature > Indian authors
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Native American.
Chagrin dans la litterature.
Mort dans la litterature.
Perte (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > Auteurs indiens d'Amerique > Histoire et critique.
Litterature populaire indienne d'Amerique > Histoire et critique.
Grief in literature.
Death in literature.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Indians of North America > Funeral customs and rites.
Elegiac poetry, American > Indian authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Indian authors > History and criticism.
Folk literature, Indian > History and criticism.
Indian literature > United States > History and criticism.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Oral Performances (i)
  • The Iroquois Condolence Rites
  • The Tlingit Koo. 'eex'
  • Occasional Elegy
  • Some Ghost Dance Songs as Elegy
  • 2. Oral Performances (ii)
  • "Logan's Lament"
  • Black Hawk's "Surrender Speech"
  • Chief Sealth's Farewell
  • Two Farewells by Cochise
  • The Surrender of Chief Joseph
  • 3. Authors and Writers
  • Black Hawk's Life
  • Black Elk Speaks
  • William Apess's Eulogy on King Philip
  • The Elegiac Poetry of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, John Rollin Ridge, and Others
  • 4. Elegy in the "Native American Renaissance" and After
  • Prose Elegy in Momaday, Hogan, and Vizenor
  • Elegiac Poetry
  • Appendix. Best Texts of the Speeches Considered in Chapter 2
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index.

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