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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Redefining the literary Indian
  • Boundaries and paths: storied maps of the Virginia-North Carolina dividing line and its crossings
  • Fire and chain: Samson Occom's letters, Anglo-American missions, and Haudenosaunee eloquence
  • Generational objects: Mohegan nationhood, indigenous correspondence, and Lydia Huntley Sigourney's unpopular aesthetic
  • Trails: Pawnee and Osage orientations in Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, and Edwin James
  • Perspectives: taking a second look with Charles Alexander Eastman
  • Dancing into the future.

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