Companion to James Welch's The heartsong of Charging Elk /edited by Arnold Krupat. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Hearing, reading, and remembering James Welch (1940-2003). Kathryn W. Shanley interview; Owen Perkins interview; Cindy Heidemann interview -- From James Welch's The Marseille grace -- On researching Marseille grace/Heartsong, 1994-96 / Reprinted essays. "A world away from his people": James Welch's The heartsong of Charging Elk and the Indian historical novel / Original essays. The unexpected Indian in Heartsong / Lois M. Welch; Welch relations: uncovering the history, recovering the story/ John Purdy -- James J. Donahue; Ghost dance literature: spectrality in Heartsong / Ulla Haselstein; Tribal or transnational? memory, history, and identity in Heartsong / Hans Bak -- Amanda Cobb-Greetham; "Looking for the way back": displacement, diaspora, and desire in Heartsong / Kathryn W. Shanley; Issues of identity / Arnold Krupat; The fatal blow job / Craig Womack; History, language, and culture in Heartsong / Arnold Krupat; Native presence and survivance in Heartsong / James Ruppert.

"Literary companion to James Welch's The Heartsong of Charging Elk that includes an unpublished chapter of "The Marseille Grace," personal interviews with the author, an essay by the author's widow, and essays by leading scholars in the field" --



9780803278950


Welch, James, 1940-2003 --
Welch, James, 1940-2003 --Interviews.


Indians in literature.
Western stories--History and criticism.
Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.
Indians in literature.
Novelists, American.
Welch, James.
West (U.S.).
Western stories.


Electronic Books.

PS3573 / .C667 2015