Dancing ghosts :: Native American and Christian syncretism in Mary Austin's work /

How did an Illinois Methodist homesteader in the West come to create one of the most significant cosmological syntheses in American literature? In this study, Hoyer draws on his own knowledge of biblical religion and Native American cultures to explore Austin's creation of the "mythology o...

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1. Verfasser: Hoyer, Mark T. (Mark Thomas), 1959-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Reno : University of Nevada Press, ©1998.
Schriftenreihe:Western literature series.
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Zusammenfassung:How did an Illinois Methodist homesteader in the West come to create one of the most significant cosmological syntheses in American literature? In this study, Hoyer draws on his own knowledge of biblical religion and Native American cultures to explore Austin's creation of the "mythology of the American continent" she so valued. Austin lived in and wrote about "the land of little rain," semiarid and arid parts of California and Nevada that were home to the Northern Paiute, Shoshone, Interior Chumash, and Yokut peoples. Hoyer makes new and provocative connections between Austin and spiritual figures like Wovoka, the prophet of the Ghost Dance religion, and writers like Zitkala-sa and Mourning Dove, and he provides a particularly fine reading of Cogowea
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxvii, 211 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-206) and index.
ISBN:0874173809
9780874173802

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