The half-blood : a cultural symbol in 19th century American fiction / William J. Scheick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheick, William J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Indians in literature.

Indians of North America--Mixed descent.

Indians of North America.

Miscegenation (Racist theory) in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 1979.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The half-blood -- half Indian, half white -- is a frequent figure in the popular fiction of nineteenth-century America, for he (or sometimes she) served to symbolize many of the conflicting cultural values with which American society was then wrestling. In literature, as in real life the half-blood was a product of the frontier, embodying the conflict between wilderness and civilization that haunted and stirred the American imagination. What was his identity? Was he indeed ""half Indian, half white, and half devil"" -- or a bright link between the races from which would emerge a new American p

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Twilight Hybrid; 2. Mother Blonay's Curse; 3. Symbolic American Prototype; 4. Merely Yokoto Stain; 5. Frontier Robin Hood; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813133218

0813133211

9780813149936

0813149932

OCLC:

900344491