Primer of the Obsolete
This remarkable collection of poems explores the conjoined cultures of Indian and European, the revisions the conquered race must face, and the disruption that results from the attempt to combine divergent cultures in a single being. These poems speak from a four-cornered world: Cherokee and white, Christian and conjuring. They attempt to retrieve fragments of language from a nearly erased culture. At times, they speak in the spirit of the remembered language with the new language that is not fully formed in the understanding of the narrator. The poems have roots in history, religion, and illiteracy. They are inspired by folk artists who use…
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- ISBN: 978-1-55849-444-2
- EAN: 9781558494442
- Produktnummer: 9034330
- Verlag: Univ Of Massachusetts Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 53 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.7 cm x D0.6 cm 136 g
- Gewicht: 136
Über den Autor
Diane Glancy is a professor at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she teaches Native American literature and creative writing. Her recent books include the novels The Mask Maker, Designs of the Night Sky, and Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajaweya. Among her poetry collections are The Relief of America, The Stones for a Pillow, and The Shadow's Horse. A new collection of essays, Geographies of Language, is forthcoming.
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