The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature [Paperback]

An informative and wide-ranging overview of Native American literature from the 1770s to present day.The Companion to Native American Literature provides an informative and wide-ranging overview of a relatively new field of literary-cultural studies, covering literatures in English by American Indians of many genres from the 1770s to present day. In addition to the seventeen chapters written by respected experts--Native and non-Native; American, British and European scholars --the Companion includes bio-bibliographies of forty authors, maps, suggestions for further reading, and a timeline which details major works of Native American literature and mainstream American literature, as well as significant social, cultural and historical events.The Companion to Native American Literature provides an informative and wide-ranging overview of a relatively new field of literary-cultural studies, covering literatures in English by American Indians of many genres from the 1770s to present day. In addition to the seventeen chapters written by respected experts--Native and non-Native; American, British and European scholars --the Companion includes bio-bibliographies of forty authors, maps, suggestions for further reading, and a timeline which details major works of Native American literature and mainstream American literature, as well as significant social, cultural and historical events.This Companion provides an informative and wide-ranging overview of a relatively new field of literary-cultural studies: literature of many genres in English by American Indians from the 1770s to the present day. In addition to the seventeen chapters written by respected experts--Native and non-Native; American, British and European scholars--it includes bio-bibliographies of forty authors, maps, suggestions for further reading, and a timeline which details major works of Native American and mainstream American literature, as well as significant social, cultural and historical events.Introductil£J