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Leslie Marmon Silko: Ceremony, Almanac of the Dead, Gardens in the Dunes(Bloomsbury Studies in Contemporary North American Fiction)


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A major American writer at the turn of this millennium, Leslie Marmon Silko has also been one of the most powerful voices in the flowering of Native American literature since the publication of her 1977 novel Ceremony. This guide, with chapters written by leading scholars of Native American literature, explores Silko's major novels Ceremony, Almanac of the Dead, and Gardens in the Dunes as an entryway into the full body of her work that includes poetry, essays, short fiction, film, photography, and other visual art.

These chapters map Silko’s place in the broad context of American literary history. Further, they trace her pivotal role in prompting other Indigenous writers to enter the conversations she helped to launch. Along the way, the book engages her historical themes of land, ethnicity, race, gender, trauma, and healing, while examining her narrative craft and her mythic lyricism.



Table of Contents:

Introduction
Part I: Ceremony
Introduction
1. Intra-tribal Conversations
2. Inter-tribal Conversations
3. American and Global Conversations
Part II: Almanac of the Dead
Introduction
4. Traditional Conversations
5. Contemporary Conversations
6. Revisionary Conversations
Part III: Gardens in the Dunes
Introduction
7. Ancient Conversations
8. Domestic Conversations
9. Global Conversations
Further Reading
Notes on Contributors
Index



About the Author :
David L. Moore is Professor in the Department of English at the University of Montana, USA. Widely published in Native American literary studies, he is the author of 'That Dream Shall Have a Name': Native Americans Rewriting America (2013).

Review :
This sterling collection of essays on Silko’s three novels builds on and extends the extensive Silko scholarship in multiple dimensions and to ambitious depth. Divided into three sections—one for each of the novels—the nine essays, taken together, reveal and explore themes that run throughout. Moore provides effective introductions to the collection as a whole and to each of the sections. As he explains in the opening introduction, the conceit running throughout is the twin notions of "witness and testimony," secondary to Silko’s project "to reveal the mythic dimensions of modern history and the historical momentum of ancient myth." The collection provides a complex theoretical web that speaks to "outside" audiences of resistance and representation. Within this overarching theme, the collection explores implications of gender, race, ethnicity, cultural practices and world views, spiritual dimensions of reality, the structure and performance of stories and storytelling—and so much more. This is a powerful book. Summing Up: Highly recommended.

[P]leasurable to read ... With gardening in mind, we could say that Moore’s collection has been well tended. Its critical diversity holds wide appeal ... the collection is useful as a study of Silko and the novel form. And Moore’s introductory essays alone make investment in the collection worthwhile.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781472523662
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
  • Height: 214 mm
  • No of Pages: 264
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Weight: 363 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1472523660
  • Publisher Date: 22 Sep 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Bloomsbury Studies in Contemporary North American Fiction
  • Sub Title: Ceremony, Almanac of the Dead, Gardens in the Dunes
  • Width: 136 mm


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