That the People Might Live : Loss and Renewal in Native American Elegy.
Krupat, Arnold.
That the People Might Live : Loss and Renewal in Native American Elegy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (257 pages)
"That the People Might Live" -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Oral Performances (i) -- The Iroquois Condolence Rites -- The Tlingit koo.'eex -- Occasional Elegy -- Some Ghost Dance Songs as Elegy -- 2. Oral Performances (ii) -- "Logan's Lament" -- Black Hawk's "Surrender Speech" -- Chief Sealth's Farewell -- Two Farewells by Cochise -- The Surrender of Chief Joseph -- 3. Authors and Writers -- Black Hawk's Life -- Black Elk Speaks -- William Apess's Eulogy on King Philip -- The Elegiac Poetry of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, John Rollin Ridge, and Others -- 4. Elegy in the "Native American Renaissance" and After -- Prose Elegy in Momaday, Hogan, and Vizenor -- Elegiac Poetry -- Appendix: Best Texts of the Speeches Considered in Chapter 2 -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Krupat surveys the traditions of Native American elegiac expression over several centuries, finding that despite differences of language and culture, death and loss are consistently felt by Native peoples both personally and socially.
9780801465857
Indian literature -- United States -- History and criticism.
Folk literature, Indian -- History and criticism.
American literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism.
Elegiac poetry, American -- Indian authors -- History and criticism.
Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Death in literature.
Electronic books.
PM157
810.9897
That the People Might Live : Loss and Renewal in Native American Elegy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (257 pages)
"That the People Might Live" -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Oral Performances (i) -- The Iroquois Condolence Rites -- The Tlingit koo.'eex -- Occasional Elegy -- Some Ghost Dance Songs as Elegy -- 2. Oral Performances (ii) -- "Logan's Lament" -- Black Hawk's "Surrender Speech" -- Chief Sealth's Farewell -- Two Farewells by Cochise -- The Surrender of Chief Joseph -- 3. Authors and Writers -- Black Hawk's Life -- Black Elk Speaks -- William Apess's Eulogy on King Philip -- The Elegiac Poetry of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, John Rollin Ridge, and Others -- 4. Elegy in the "Native American Renaissance" and After -- Prose Elegy in Momaday, Hogan, and Vizenor -- Elegiac Poetry -- Appendix: Best Texts of the Speeches Considered in Chapter 2 -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Krupat surveys the traditions of Native American elegiac expression over several centuries, finding that despite differences of language and culture, death and loss are consistently felt by Native peoples both personally and socially.
9780801465857
Indian literature -- United States -- History and criticism.
Folk literature, Indian -- History and criticism.
American literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism.
Elegiac poetry, American -- Indian authors -- History and criticism.
Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Death in literature.
Electronic books.
PM157
810.9897