Companion to James Welch's the Heartsong of Charging Elk

Arnold Krupat is a professor emeritus of global studies and literature at Sarah Lawrence College. He is the author of numerous books, including “That the People Might Live”: Loss and Renewal in Native American Elegy; All That Remains: Varieties of Indigenous Expression (Nebraska, 2009); and The Turn to the Native: Studies in Criticism and Culture (Nebraska, 1996).

"The Companion offers a cogent and fresh context for previously published key scholarly and nonscholarly perspectives on the novel, as well as significant new contributions."-Lydia R. Cooper, American Indian Quarterly “As the final novel of one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century, The Heartsong of Charging Elk is immensely important. This valuable collection honors that legacy. By turns thought provoking, funny, and provocative, the essays in [this book] comprise a noteworthy contribution to Native American studies scholarship.”-Lisa Tatonetti, author of The Queerness of Native American Literature  “Some of today’s most prominent scholars in Native American literature have contributed to this first-of-its-kind volume on James Welch’s last novel. Such a collection is essential to exploring the tremendous impact of Welch’s work within American literature as a whole.”-Lionel LarrÉ, editor of John Milton Oskison’s Tales of the Old Indian Territory and associate professor of English at the UniversitÉ Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3

• List of Illustrations    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    Lois M. WelchWelch Relations: Uncovering the History, Recovering the Story    John PurdyReprinted Essays“A World Away from His People”: James Welch’s The Heartsong of Charging Elk and the Indian Historical Novel    James J. DonahueGhost Dance Literature: Spectrality in Heartsong    Ulla HaselsteinTribal or Transnational? Memory, History, and Identity in Heartsong    Hans BakOriginal EssaysThe Unexpected Indian in Heartsong    Amanda Cobb-Greetham“Looking for the Way Back”: Displacement, Diaspora, and Desire    in Heartsong    Kathryn W. ShanleyIssues of Identity    Arnold KrupatThe Fatal Blow Job    Craig WomackHistory, Language, and Culture in Heartsong    Arnold KrupatNative Presence and Survivance in Heartsong    James RuppertContributors