
- 304 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Companion to James Welch's The Heartsong of Charging Elk
About this book
James Welch was one of the central figures in twentieth-century American Indian literature, and The Heartsong of Charging Elk is of particular importance as the culminating novel in his canon. A historical novel, Heartsong follows a Lakota (Sioux) man at the end of the nineteenth century as he travels with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show; is left behind in Marseille, France; and then struggles to overcome many hardships, including a charge for murder. In this novel Welch conveys some of the lifeways and language of a traditional Sioux. Here for the first time is a literary companion to James Welch's Heartsong that includes an unpublished chapter of the first draft of the novel; selections from interviews with the author; a memoir by the author's widow, Lois Welch; and essays by leading scholars in the field on a wide range of topics. The rich resources presented here make this volume an essential addition to the study of James Welch and twentieth-century Native American literature.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- Hearing, Reading, and Remembering James Welch
- Kathryn W. Shanley Interview
- Owen Perkins Interview
- Cindy Heidemann Interview
- From James Welch’s The Marseilles Grace
- On Researching Marseilles Grace/Heartsong
- Welch Relations
- Reprinted Essays
- “A World Away from His People”
- Ghost Dance Literature
- Tribal or Transnational?
- Original Essays
- The Unexpected Indian in Heartsong
- “Looking for the Way Back”
- Issues of Identity
- The Fatal Blow Job
- History, Language, and Culture in Heartsong
- Native Presence and Survivance in Heartsong
- Contributors
- About Arnold Krupat