Author: Sherman AlexiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
The Summer of Black Widows
Author: Sherman AlexieThe Summer of Black Widows
Author: Sherman AlexiePublisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9781417616473
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Collection of poems revealing the spirit of North American Indian attitudes on life, love, and other experiences.
Understanding Sherman Alexie
Author: Daniel GrassianPublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570035715
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In this first book-length examination of Native American poet, novelist, filmmaker, and short story writer Sherman Alexie, Daniel Grassian offers a comprehensive look at a writer immersed in traditional Native American, as well as mainstream American, culture. Grassian explores Alexie¿s ability to counteract lingering stereotypes of Native Americans, his challenges to the dominant American history, and his suspicion of the New Age movement.
Summer
Author: Barry MoserPublisher: SkyLight Paths Publishing
ISBN: 1594731837
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
?Summer has gone by so fast, ? we often say?the only season for which we say that. Summer does seem to make us keenly aware of time. In our vacations we step out of time. Watching our gardens, we see the progress of time. Seeing the geese come honking back, we are aware of the passing of time. In essays, poems and meditations organized around themes of time and our responses to it, twenty-five writers consider summer and its spiritual meanings. Contributors include Anne LaMott, Luci Shaw, Ray Bradbury, Mary Gordon, Richard Selzer, Thomas Lynch, Celia Thaxter, Robert Clark, Michael Pollan, Francis Bacon, Jim Heynen and Emily Dickinson.
A Web of Black Widows
Author: Scott William CarterPublisher:
ISBN: 9781848630383
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
Sherman Alexie
Author: Jeff BerglundPublisher: University of Utah Press
ISBN: 1607819740
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A collection of critical essays on the writing and films of American Indian author Sherman Alexie.
Humor in Contemporary Native North American Literature
Author: Eva GruberPublisher: Camden House
ISBN: 9781571132574
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Encompassing view of humor in recent Native North American literature, with particular focus on Native self-image and identity. In contrast to the popular cliché of the "stoic Indian," humor has always been important in Native North American cultures. Recent Native literature testifies to the centrality of this tradition. Yet literary criticism has so farlargely neglected these humorous aspects, instead frequently choosing to concentrate on representations of trauma and cultural disruption, at the risk of reducing Native characters and Native cultures to the position of the tragicvictim. This first comprehensive study explores the use of humor in today's Native writing, focusing on a wide variety of texts spanning all genres. It combines concepts from cultural studies and humor studies with approaches byNative thinkers and critics, analyzing the possible effects of humorous forms of representation on the self-image and identity formation of Native individuals and Native cultures. Humor emerges as an indispensable tool for engaging with existing stereotypes: Native writers subvert degrading clichés of "the Indian" from within, reimagining Nativeness in a celebration of laughing survivors, "decolonizing" the minds of both Native and non-native readers, andcontributing to a renewal of Native cultural identity. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Native Studies both literary and cultural. Due to its encompassing approach, it will also provide a point of entry for the wider readership interested in contemporary Native writing. Eva Gruber is Assistant Professor in the American Studies section of the Department of Literature at the University of Konstanz, Germany.
A Study Guide for Sherman Alexie's "Defending Walt Whitman"
Author: Gale, Cengage LearningPublisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 1410344045
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Black Widows
Author: Sandra MarklePublisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 0761372059
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Beware of the venomous spider with the large red spot—it is a black widow! In this book you will learn how black widows are similar to and different from other arachnids. Close-up photographs and diagrams reveal extraordinary details about the black widow’s body both inside and out. A hands-on activity compares the black widow’s web to a human hair. Learn more about this fascinating member of nature’s Arachnid World.
"A Study Guide for Sherman Alexie's ""How to Write the Great American Indian Novel"""
Author: Gale, CengagePublisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 0028665570
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
"A Study Guide for Sherman Alexie's ""How to Write the Great American Indian Novel"", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs."