Research Guide to American Literature

10 Contemporary Literature, 1970 to Present The Native American Renaissance An issue of much debate and contention is how to re ...

the old.” In addition to the writings of Momaday, Lincoln discussed those of James Welch (Blackfoot/Gros Ventre), Simon J. Ortiz ...

10 Contemporary Literature, 1970 to Present habit of adding epigraphs, which often contain disturbing historical information, t ...

Several of the fiction writers—Erdrich, Hogan, Alexie, Silko, and Welch— have also published poetry. Alexie frequently cites the ...

10 Contemporary Literature, 1970 to Present works to dispel stereotypes while acknowledging real problems, and to deepen unders ...

A classic theme in American literature is the intersection of individual identity with the needs and identity of the community. ...

110 Contemporary Literature, 1970 to Present the supernatural in these texts. In addition to Cochran, useful secondary sources i ...

twentieth century, which included William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, Robert Penn Warren, and Eudora Welty. Specific topics tha ...

112 Contemporary Literature, 1970 to Present Argues for becoming “listener-readers,” active participants in written stories in o ...

Covers five hundred years of Indian humor to challenge the stereotypes of American Indians as “wooden” and “stoic.” Lincoln part ...

11 Contemporary Literature, 1970 to Present James Ruppert, Mediation in Contemporary Native American Fiction, American Indian L ...

Dartmouth College in 1972. He married author Louise Erdrich in 1981; they separated in 1995. His National Book Critics Circle Aw ...

11 Contemporary Literature, 1970 to Present runner Dancing (1973); Long Division: A Tribal History (1976); Academic Squaw: Repo ...

Poetry—Debates and Developments American poetry published since 1970 features a broad range of voices as a result of demographic ...

11 Contemporary Literature, 1970 to Present (1987), edited by David Lehman, featuring work by X. J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia, and Ma ...

The work of Jorie Graham, on the other hand, focus on an individualis- tic perspective instead of accessibility. In the title po ...

120 Contemporary Literature, 1970 to Present the imaginative power of poetry in the contemporary period and its potential to ent ...

of poets reading their work (on video, CD, DVD, and via the Internet) make poems more available while also focusing on orality a ...

122 Contemporary Literature, 1970 to Present and enact change on personal, social, and political levels. Poets, of course, take ...

discuss their craft. Ruben’s introduction provides a useful overview of pre-1970 American poetry and its legacy. Bill Moyers, Th ...