Leslie Marmon Silko - Ceremony, Almanac of the Dead, Gardens in the Dunes

A major American writer at the turn of this millennium, Leslie Marmon Silko has also been one of the most powerful voices in the flowering of Native American literature since the publication of her 1977 novel Ceremony . This guide, with chapters written by leading scholars of Native American literature, explores Silko''s major novels Ceremony , Almanac of the Dead, and Gardens in the Dunes as an entryway into the full body of her work that includes poetry, essays, short fiction, film, photography, and other visual art.These chapters map Silko''s place in the broad context of American literary history. Further, they trace her pivotal role in prompting other Indigenous writers to enter the conversations she helped to launch. Along the way, the book engages her historical themes of land, ethnicity, race, gender, trauma, and healing, while examining her narrative craft and her mythic lyricism.>

About the author

David L. Moore is Professor in the Department of English at the University of Montana, USA. He is the author of 'That Dream Shall Have a Name': Native Americans Rewriting America (University of Nebraska Press, 2013).

Product details

• Authors: David L Moore, David L. Moore, David L. (University of Montana Moore
• Assisted by: Sarah Graham (Editor), David L. Moore (Editor), David L. (University of Montana Moore (Editor), Moore David L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781472523662
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-2366-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Contemporary North American Fiction; Bloomsbury Studies in Contemporary North American Fiction; Bloomsbury Studies in Contempo
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form