Winged Serpent: American Indian Prose and Poetry / Edition 1

by Margot Astrov

Overview

This valuable collection gathers tribal voice and thought into a surpassing whole that offers to the reader the pleasures of subtle poetry, the intensity of living struggles, the humor of myth, and the depth of consideration for all of life that characterizes the most moving of Native American philosophies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807081051
Publisher:	Beacon Press
Publication date:	11/30/1992
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	396
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.80(d)

Editorial Reviews

This valuable collection gathers tribal voice and thought into a surpassing whole that offers to the reader the pleasures of subtle poetry, the intensity of living struggles, the humor of myth, and the depth of consideration for all of life that characterizes the most moving of Native American philosophies. —Louise Erdrich

From the Publisher

This anthology of Native American oral literature, originally published in 1946, draws on material from more than 50 North American tribes. (Nov.)

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