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Louise Erdrich / editor P. Jane Hafen.

Hafen, P. Jane, 1955- (Added Author).

Summary:

This volume presents a variety of new essays on Louise Erdrich. A biographical sketch relates the details of her life and four essays survey the critical reception of her work, explore its cultural and historical contexts, situate Erdrich among her contemporaries, and review key themes in her work. Other essays explore topics like Native American identity, spiritualism, language, and assimilation issues, as well as relationships and economic and social issues.

Record details

ISBN: 9781429837231
ISBN: 1429837233
ISBN: 9781429837712
ISBN: 1429837713
Physical Description: xi, 299 pages ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Ipswich, Mass. : Salem Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

About This Volume -- P. Jane Hafen / CAREER, LIFE, AND INFLUENCE: On Louise Erdrich -- P. Jane Hafen ; Biography of Louise Erdrich -- A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff / CRITICAL CONTEXTS: Re/creating the Past: Anishinaabe History in the Novels of Louise Erdrich -- Margaret Huetti ; The Work of Louise Erdrich: A Survery of Critical Responses -- Gregory A. Wright ; Louise Erdrich in Company: The American Writer and Her Communities -- Thomas Austenfeld ; Zwischenraum: "The Space Between" Ecologies in Louise Erdrich's The Painted Drum -- William Huggins / CRITICAL READINGS: Louise Erdrich Anishinaabezhibiiaan - Margaret Noori / Giiwedinoodin ; The Relentless Throat Call: Louise Erdich and Poetric Voice -- Dean Reader ; Relative Identies: Connecting Chance and Continuance in Love, Medicine -- Jill Doerfler ; "What I wished for and what I expected were two different futures": A Narratological Interpretation of Gender/Kinship Systems in The Beet Queen -- Sandra Cox ; Walking Between the Worlds in Louise Erdrich's Novels -- Amy T. Hamilton ; "Life will break you...You have to love": Historical/Intergenerational Trauma and Healing in Louise Erdrich's The Painted Drum -- Patrice Hollrah ; From Wallace to Wishkob: Queer Relationships and Two-Spirit Characters in The Beet Queen, Tales of Burning Love, and The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse -- Lisa Tatonetti ; There are No Burning Wagons, Beads, or Feathers in Louise Erdrich's The Plague of Doves -- Debra K.S. Barker ; Sister Lost, Sister Found: Redemption in The Painted Drum and Shadow Tag -- Gwen N. Westerman ; Picturing a Thousand Words: Story and Image in Louise Erdrich's "Fiction" -- Joanne DiNova / RESOURCES: Chronology of Louise Erdrich's Life ; Works by Louise Erdrich ; Bibliography ; About the Editor ; Contributors ; Index.