Erdrich Criticism

Connie Jacobs. The Novels of Louise Erdrich: Stories of Her People (American Indian Studies, v. 11). NY, NY: Peter Lang, 2001.

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Connie Jacobs is currently Assistant Professor of English at San Juan College.
The book contains six critical essays.

This book is a revision of Jacobs' Ph.D. dissertation:
Jacobs, Connie. Artificer and Bearer of the Tradition: Louise Erdrich’s Mythopoeic Quartet from the North Dakota Plains. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University, 1996.

See Peter Lang Publishing Group's book description.

Book Details:

ISBN 0820440272
OCLC#
xix, 260 pages

Library of Congress Subject Headings Assigned:

Descriptor:
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Indians in literature.

Named Person:
Erdrich, Louise -- Criticism and interpretation.

Table of Contents:

Preface (xi-xv)
Maps (xvii-xix)
List of Abbreviations (xxi)
1) Continuing the Tradition: Louise Erdrich and the Native American Literary Renaissance (1-18)
2) Traditional Storytellers (19-50)
3) Louise Erdrich, A Contemporary Traditional Storyteller (51-104)
4) The Power of Love as Medicine: Louise Erdrich’s Family Stories (105-146)
5) "Power Travels in the Bloodlines, Handed Out Before Birth": Louise Erdrich’s Female Mythic Characters (147-174)
6) Louise Erdrich, An American Storyteller (175-190)
Notes (191-218)
Appendix: Important Dates in the History of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (219-222)
Works Cited (223-247)
Index (249-260)

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