Thomas King

Works and Impact

AvEva Gruber

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

Del 15 i serien European Studies in North American Literature and Culture

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Beskrivning

A comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the work of one of the foremost Native North American writers and his reception and influence.Thomas King is one of North America's foremost Native writers, best known for his novels, including Green Grass, Running Water, for the DreadfulWater mysteries, and for collections of short stories such as One Good Story, That One and A Short History of Indians in Canada. But King is also a poet, a literary and cultural critic, and a noted filmmaker, photographer, and scriptwriter and performer for radio. His career and oeuvre have been validated by literary awards and by the inclusion of his writing in college and university curricula. Critical responses to King's work have been abundant, yet most of this criticism consists of journal articles, and to date only one book-length study of his work exists. Thomas King: Works and Impact fills this gap by providing an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of all major aspects of King's oeuvre as well as its reception and influence. It brings together expert scholars to discuss King's role in and impact on Native literature and to offer in-depth analyses of his multifaceted body of work. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars of literature,English, and Native American studies, and to King aficionados. Contributors: Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber, Julia Breitbach, Stuart Christie, James H. Cox, Marta Dvorak, Floyd Favel, Kathleen Flaherty, Aloys Fleischmann, MarleneGoldman, Eva Gruber, Helen Hoy, Renée Hulan and Linda Warley, Carter Meland, Reingard M. Nischik, Robin Ridington, Suzanne Rintoul, Katja Sarkowsky, Blanca Schorcht, Mark Shackleton, Martin Kuester and Marco Ulm, Doris Wolf. Eva Gruber is Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Konstanz, Germany.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-08-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 32 mm
Vikt:732 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:European Studies in North American Literature and Culture
Antal sidor:374
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9781571134356

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Assistant Professor at the Department of Literature/American Studies, Universitat Konstanz (University of Constance).

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P]rovides a thorough analysis of King's role as a writer and storyteller. . . . One key chapter, Reingard Nischik's . . ., provides the first-ever treatment of King's poetry. . . . In his contribution, . . . James Cox examines King's response to US/Canadian Indian legislation and activist responses to it. . . . Most important, the last of the book's five parts provides an invaluable bibliography of all of King's work (including his photography) and critical essays about it. Recommended. All academic readers.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction - Eva GruberThomas King's Abo-Modernist Novels - Marta Dvorak"Wide-Angle Shots": Thomas King's Short Fiction and Poetry - Reingard M. Nischik"Turtles All the Way Down": Literary and Cultural Criticism,Coyote Style - Robin RidingtonThomas King Meets Indigenous Convergent Media - Stuart ChristieRewriting Genre Fiction: The DreadfulWater Mysteries - Julia Breitbach"All My Relations": Thomas King's Coyote Tetralogyfor Kids - Doris WolfIs This the Indian You Had in Mind? The Reception ofThomas King - Renée HulanIs This the Indian You Had in Mind? The Reception of Thomas King - Linda Warley"Coyote Conquers the Campus": Thomas King's Presence inEducation - Jesse Rae Archibald-BarberKing's Contestatory Intertextualities: Sacred and Secular,Western and Indigenous - Marco UlmKing's Contestatory Intertextualities: Sacred and Secular, Western and Indigenous - Martin KuesterThomas King's Humorous Traps - Aloys N.M. Fleischmann"Have I Got Stories-" and "Coyote Was There": ThomasKing's Use of Trickster Figures and the Transformation ofTraditional Materials - Mark Shackleton"One Good Story": Storytelling and Orality in ThomasKing's Work - Blanca SchorchtMaps, Borders, and Cultural Citizenship: CartographicNegotiations in Thomas King's Work - Katja SarkowskyOne Good Protest: Thomas King, Indian Policy, andAmerican Indian Activism - James H. Cox"Sometimes It Works and Sometimes It Doesn't": GenderBlending and the Limits of Border Crossing in Green Grass,Running Water and Truth & Bright Water - Suzanne RintoulStorytelling in Different Genres: A Conversation withThomas King - Eva GruberThomas King and the Art of Unhiding the Hidden - Marlene GoldmanThe Truth about Thomas - Helen HoyMisdirection Is Still a Direction: Thomas King as a Teacher - Carter MelandTom King and the Dead Dog Café - Kathleen FlahertyDead Dog Café: Being an Indian on Air - FavelWorks by Thomas KingSelected Literary Criticism of Works by Thomas King(including Interviews)Notes on the ContributorsIndex