Native North American literature : biographical and critical information on native writers and orators from the United States and Canada from historical times to the present / Janet Witalec, editor, Jeffery Chapman, Christopher Giroux, associate editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Witalec, Janet, 1965-

Chapman, Jeffery, 1967-

Giroux, Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Indian authors--Bio-bibliography.

American literature.

American literature--Indian authors.

Canadian literature--Indian authors--Bio-bibliography.

Canadian literature.

Canadian literature--Indian authors.

Indian authors--Biography--Dictionaries.

Indian authors.

Indians in literature--Dictionaries.

Indians in literature.

Genre:

Bio-bibliography.

Biographies.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

xlv, 706 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Gale Research, [1994]

Summary:

Now students can turn to a single, comprehensive source for biography and criticism of Native North American authors from both the written and oral traditions. Overview essays are followed by author entries that include biographical data, critical material excerpted from books, magazines and literary reviews, a list of further sources and interviews, when available. Other features include photographs, a map showing tribal areas and major cultural groups and indexes to titles, authors' genres and major tribal affiliations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0810398982

OCLC:

31045834