Companion to James Welch's The heartsong of Charging Elk

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Companion to James Welch's The heartsong of Charging Elk

edited by Arnold Krupat

University of Nebraska Press, c2015

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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 Here for the first time is a literary companion to James Welch's Heartsong that includes an unpublished chapter of the first draft of the novel; selections from interviews with the author; a memoir by the author's widow, Lois Welch; and essays by leading scholars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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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. Welch Welch Relations: Uncovering the History, Recovering the Story John Purdy Reprinted Essays "A World Away from His People": James Welch's The Heartsong of Charging Elk and the Indian Historical Novel James J. Donahue Ghost Dance Literature: Spectrality in Heartsong Ulla Haselstein Tribal or Transnational? Memory, History, and Identity in Heartsong Hans Bak Original Essays The Unexpected Indian in Heartsong 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 Contributors

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