Louise Erdrich / David Stirrup.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stirrup, David, author.

Series:

Contemporary American and Canadian writers.

Contemporary American and Canadian writers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Erdrich, Louise--Criticism and interpretation.

Erdrich, Louise.

United States.

Genre:

History

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages) : digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Louise Erdrich is one of the most critically and commercially successful Native American writers. This book is the first fully comprehensive treatment of Erdrich's writing, analysing the textual complexities and diverse contexts of her work to date. Drawing on the critical archive relating to Erdrich's work and Native American literature, Stirrup explores the full depth and range of her authorship. Breaking Erdrich's oeuvre into several groupings - poetry, early and late fiction, memoir and children's writing - Stirrup develops individual readings of both the critical arguments and the texts t.

Contents:

Copyright; Contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Native American literature:authorship and authority; 2. 'I thought I would be slicedin two': towards a geoculturalpoetics; 3. Spatial relations: the Love Medicine tetralogy and Tales of Burning Love; 4. From the cities to the plains:recent fiction; 5. The writer's brief: collaboration, (auto)biography, and pedagogy; 6. Conclusion? Tradition, translation, and the global market forNative American literatures; Bibliography; Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781847796622

1847796621

9781781702581

1781702586

9781847793485

1847793487

OCLC:

818847482