Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 211 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Western literature series |
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Western literature series.
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Contents |
1. Prophets of a New West: Wovoka and Mary Austin -- 2. "To Bring the World into Divine Focus": Syncretic Prophecy in The Land of Little Rain -- 3. Weaving the Story: Northern Paiute Myth and The Basket Woman -- 4. Women Made of Words: Austin and Mourning Dove -- 5. Ritual Drama/Dramatic Ritual: Austin's "Indian Plays" -- 6. Dancing Ghosts: The Land of Little Rain as Syncretic Ritual -- Afterword: Resurrection |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-206) and index |
Notes |
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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Austin, Mary, 1868-1934 -- Characters -- Indians
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Austin, Mary, 1868-1934 -- Religion
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SUBJECT |
Austin, Mary, 1868-1934 fast |
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Literature and anthropology -- California -- History
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Christianity and literature -- California -- History
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Indians of North America -- California -- Religion
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Western stories -- History and criticism
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Indians in literature.
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Ghost dance.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Christianity and literature
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Ghost dance
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Indians in literature
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Indians of North America -- Religion
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Literature
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Literature and anthropology
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Religion
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Western stories
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SUBJECT |
California -- In literature
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California
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
98016471 |
ISBN |
0874173809 |
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9780874173802 |
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