Overview

Discover the essential people, works, movements, and themes in American Indian literature. American Indian literature is a varied and vibrant collection of Indigenous artistic expression. American Indian novelists, poets, essayists, and critics have over the last four centuries asserted powerful forms of intellectual and artistic sovereignty, writing in English while building on discrete tribal oral traditions and forms of storytelling. This encyclopedia introduces readers to the key historical and contemporary figures in American Indian literature and their defining works. From the fiery sermons of Methodist minister William Apess to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday to the critically acclaimed and commercially successful novels of Louise Erdrich, this book illustrates the indelible and influential imprint American Indians have on the landscape of American letters. Readers are also introduced to the key themes and context of American Indian literature, exploring how it is inextricable from American literary history, the American literary canon, and the narrative of American history: not on the fringes of the American experience, but central to it.

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Author:   Professor Kimberly Wieser-Weryackwe (University of Oklahoma, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781440874956

ISBN 10:   1440874956
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   07 August 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  

Table of Contents

Introduction Chronology A–Z Entries Alexie, Sherman (1966–) Allen, Paula Gunn (1939–2008) Apes(s), William (1798–1839) Autobiography Belin, Esther (1968–) Bell, Betty Louise (1949–) Birchfield, Donald (1948–2012) Bird, Gloria (1951–) Bitsui, Sherwin (1975–) Black Hawk (1767–1838) Blaeser, Kimberly (1955–) Boudinot, Elias (1802–1839) Brave Bird, Mary (1954–2013) Brings Plenty, Trevino (1976–) Broyles, Marianne Aweagon (1969–) Bruchac, Joseph (1942–) Calahan, S. Alice (1868–1894) Campbell Hale, Janet (1946–2021) Children’s Literature Chona, Maria (1846–1936) Chrystos (1946–) Conley, Robert (1940–2014) Contemporary Visual Texts (Film; Comic Books; New Media) Cook Lynn, Elizabeth (1930–2023) Da, Laura (1979–) Deloria, Ella Cara (1889–1971) Deloria, Jr., Vine (1933–2005) Diaz, Natalie (1978–) Drama Driving Hawk Sneve, Virginia (1933–) Earling, Deborah (1957–) Eastman, Charles Alexander (1858–1939) Erdrich, Heid (1963–) Erdrich, Louise (1954–) First Nations Literature First Wave of Native Literature Foerester, Jennifer (1979–) Fourth Wave of Native Literature Francis, III, Lee (1945–2003) Frazier, Santee (1978–) Gansworth, Eric (1965–) Geiogamah, Hanay (1945–) Genre Fiction (Mystery; Horror; Fantasy; Romance) Glancy, Diane (1941–) Gould, Janice (1949–2019) Harjo, Joy (1951–) Hedge Coke, Allison Adelle (1958–) Henry, Gordon (1955–) Henson, Lance (1944–) Hill (Whiteman), Roberta (1947–) Historical Fiction Hoahway, Sy (1973–) Hobson, Brandon (1970–) Hobson, Geary (1941–) Hogan, Linda (1947–) Howe, LeAnne (1951–) Indigenous Futurisms Jones, Stephen Graham (1972–) Kenney, Maurice (1929–2016) LaDuke, Winona (1959–) LaFlesche, Francis (1857–1932) LaFlesche, Susette (1854–1903) Lewis, Bojan (1980–) Long Soldier, Layli (1972–) Louis, Adrian (1946–2018) Mailhot, Terese (1983– ) Marshall, Joseph M., III (1946–) Matthews, John Joseph (1894–1979) McNickle, William D’Arcy (1904–1977) Miranda, Deborah (1961–) Momaday, N. Scott (1934–) Mourning Dove (Quintasket, Christine) (c. 1888–1936) Niatum, Duane (1938–) Nonfiction North Sun, Nila (1951–) Novels Occom, Samson (1723–1792) Okpik, Dg Nanouk (1966–) Oliver, Louis Littlecoon (1904–1991) Oral Tradition Orange, Tommy (1982–) Oratory Ortiz, Simon (1941–) Oskison, John Milton 1874–1947 Owens, Louis (1948–2002) Performance Poetry Pico, Tommy (1983–) Poetry, written Pokagon, Simon (1830–1899) Posey, Alexander (1873–1908) Powers, Mona Susan (1961–) Pre and early contact Written Literature Revard, Carter (1931–2022) Ridge, John Rollin (1827–1867) Riggs, Lynn (1899–1954) Roanhorse, Rebecca (1971–) Rogers, Will (1879–1935) Rose, Wendy (1948–) Sanchez, Carol Lee (1934–2011) Sarris, Greg (1952–) Savageau, Cheryl (1950–) Second Wave of Native Literature Shuck, Kim (1966–) Silko, Leslie Marmon (1948–) Smoker, M.L. (1975–) Standing Bear, Luther (1868–1939) Story (Significance of in Native Cultures; Contemporary Storytellers) Tall Mountain, Mary (1918–1994) Tapahonso, Luci (1953–) Third Wave of Native Literature (Native American Literary Renaissance) Tohe, Laura (1952–) Treuer, David (1970–) Trudell, John (1946–2015) Two Spirit (LGTBQ) Literature Van Alst, Theodore (1965–) Vizenor, Gerald (1934–) Walters, Anna Lee (1946–) Washuta, Elissa (1984–) Welch, James (1940–2003) White, Orlando (1976–) Winder, Tanaya (1985–) Winnemuca Hopkins, Sarah (c. 1984–1891) Womack, Craig (1960– ) Woody, Elizabeth (1959–) Wurth, Erika (1975–) Yellow Robe, William (1960–) Young Adult Literature Young Bear, Ray (1950–) Zepeda, Ofelia (1952–) Zitkala Ša (Gertrude Bonnin) (1876–1938) Bibliography Index

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Kimberly Wieser-Weryackwe is Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma, USA.

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