Sing with the heart of a bear
Subtitle: fusions of native and American poetry, 1890-1999
By: Kenneth Lincoln.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
Subjects: American poetry -- Indian authors -- History and criticism; Indians of North America -- Intellectual life; American poetry -- Indian influences; Indians in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-425) and index.
Table of contents: title: Native poetics; title: Aboriginal American texts; title: Indian poetry in our time; title: (Native) American verses; title: Mythic mothers. Dickinson's Privilege to die. Moore's determinate IT. Plath: Ms. Raw; title: Adamic savages. Berryman's blues. Re/newing things: Ezra Pound. It is an identifiable thing; title: Reimagining the garden. Steven's earthy angels. A canticle for Theodore Roethke; title: Seer, shaman, clown. Old songs made new: Momaday. Blackfeet surrealist: Welch. Futurist hip Indian: Alexie; title: Blood sisters. Athapaskan émigré: TallMountain. Children and exiles: Crow Dog and Whiteman. Women weaving stories: McKay. Navajo home codes: Tapahonso; title: Millennial women. Split tongues: Gregg and Graham. Primal mom: Olds; title: Mixed rebirth. Listen and speak: Hogan. Sax dance stick: Harjo; title: A terrible innocence: Forché; title: Afterword: The bear's tail.