Literary Indians : Aesthetics and Encounter in American Literature to 1920 /

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"Countering the prevailing notion of the "literary Indian" as a construct of the white American literary imagination, Angela Calcaterra reveals how Native people's pre-existing and evolving aesthetic practices influenced Anglo-American writing in precise ways. Indigenous aestheti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Calcaterra, Angela (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Indians in literature.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Litterature americaine > Influence indienne d'Amerique.
American literature > History and criticism.
American literature > Indian influences.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Countering the prevailing notion of the "literary Indian" as a construct of the white American literary imagination, Angela Calcaterra reveals how Native people's pre-existing and evolving aesthetic practices influenced Anglo-American writing in precise ways. Indigenous aesthetics helped to establish borders and foster alliances that pushed against Anglo-American settlement practices and contributed to the discursive, divided, unfinished aspects of American letters"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (246 pages).
ISBN:9781469646961

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