Companion to James Welch's The Heartsong of Charging Elk

Companion to James Welch's The Heartsong of Charging Elk
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 : 9780803278950
ISBN-13 : 0803278950
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Book Synopsis Companion to James Welch's The Heartsong of Charging Elk by : Arnold Krupat

Download or read book Companion to James Welch's The Heartsong of Charging Elk written by Arnold Krupat and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Welch was one of the central figures in twentieth-century American Indian literature, and The Heartsong of Charging Elk is of particular importance as the culminating novel in his canon. A historical novel, Heartsong follows a Lakota (Sioux) man at the end of the nineteenth century as he travels with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show; is left behind in Marseille, France; and then struggles to overcome many hardships, including a charge for murder. In this novel Welch conveys some of the lifeways and language of a traditional Sioux. Here for the first time is a literary companion to James Welch’s Heartsong that includes an unpublished chapter of the first draft of the novel; selections from interviews with the author; a memoir by the author’s widow, Lois Welch; and essays by leading scholars in the field on a wide range of topics. The rich resources presented here make this volume an essential addition to the study of James Welch and twentieth-century Native American literature.


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