In Beauty I Walk: The Literary Roots of Native American Writing - Softcover

 
9780826343697: In Beauty I Walk: The Literary Roots of Native American Writing

Synopsis

This generous selection of classics of American Indian literature illustrates the many connections with Native oral tradition carried on, and sometimes departed from, by today's younger generation of Indian authors.

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About the Author

Jarold Ramsey has a B.A. from the University of Oregon, a Ph.D. from the University of Washington, and was on the English faculty at the University of Rochester from 1965 to 1997. He now lives on his family ranch in Oregon. His books on Indian literature include Coyote Was Going There and Reading the Fire: The Traditional Indian Literatures of America.

Lori Burlingame has a B.A. from Allegheny College and a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester. She is a professor of English at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. Her area of specialization is Native American literature, and she is the author of articles on twentieth-century Native American fiction.

From the Back Cover

This generous selection of classics of American Indian literature illustrates the many connections with Native oral tradition carried on, and sometimes departed from, by today's younger generation of Indian authors.

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