Grave Concerns, Trickster Turns: The Novels of Louis Owens (American Indian Literature & Critical Studies (Hardcover))
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (634 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806134089 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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A good primer on the works of Louis Owens. A Customer This book-length examination of Owens' fiction is a very good beginning in what one hopes will eventually become a well-rounded area of study of the complete works of Louis Owens. A great more needs to be written about this talented author who produced hundreds of little-known but wonderful mainstream newspaper and magazine articles, magnificent scholarly discourse on Steinbeck in particular and American literature in general, and most importantly, on American Indian literature. With all of this to establish his reputation as a scholar, Owens wrote ac
Chris LaLonde is Associate Professor of English and Native American Studies and Chair of the English Department at SUNY Oswego. He was Fulbright Lecturer in American Literature, University of Turku and Abo Akademi University, in Turku, Finland, 1997-98.
He was Fulbright Lecturer in American Literature, University of Turku and Abo Akademi University, in Turku, Finland, 1997-98.. About the AuthorChris LaLonde is Associate Professor of English and Native American Studies and Chair of the English Department at SUNY Oswego
The conflicting Native and Western perspectives of time, history, humor, and authority dramatize hoe such classes can threaten to undermine any sense of home and identity for Indians. Who am I? What am I? Where do I belong? These grave concerns” take a lifetime for most people to answer. In the process, Owens underscores the sham of the ethnic identities foisted upon American Indians-the Noble Savage, the Silent Indian, the Vanishing Native, and the Indian as Tragic Victim.. Such concerns permeate the works of Louis Owens, a mixedblood writer of Choctaw-Cherokee-Irish descent.In this first book-length examination of Owens’s writings, Chris LaLonde focuses on five critically acclaimed novels: The Sharpest Sight<