{"product_id":"i-remain-alive-the-sioux-literary-renaissance-hardcover","title":"I Remain Alive: The Sioux Literary Renaissance - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuth J. Heflin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eI Remain Alive, \u003c\/i\u003e Ruth J. Heflin explores the literary endeavors of five of the most prominent Native American writers from the turn of the century-Charles Eastman, Gertrude Bonnin, Luther Standing Bear, Nicholas Black\u003cbr\u003eElk, and Ella Deloria-and challenges the traditional view of Native American literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is widely accepted that the Native American Literary Renaissance began in 1968 with N. Scott Momaday's \u003ci\u003eHouse Made of Dawn. \u003c\/i\u003eWith this book, however, Heflin shows that the Sioux embarked on their own literary renaissance beginning in 1890 with the articles of Eastman, soon after the battle of Wounded Knee. The Sioux nation produced more booklength manuscripts in this period between Wounded Knee and the end of World War II\u003cbr\u003ethan any other tribe. Moreover, their writings were not just autobiographical, as is typically thought, but anthropological, including fiction and nonfiction, and highly stylized memoir. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo other transitional nation produced writers who wrote so extensively for the general American audience, let alone so many works that incorporated both Native American and Western literary techniques. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir stories helped shape the future of America; its identity; its developing appreciation of nature; its acceptance of alternative religions and medical practices; an awareness of the oral tradition; and a sense of multiculturalism.\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Heflin seeks to place these writers alongside American and English modernist work and within mainstream literature.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth J. Heflin\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English at Kansas City, Kansas Community College. She is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Black Elk Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Syracuse University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9.33 x 6.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130486493319,"sku":"9780815628057","price":48.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/64682e236e4cbd17cc1746171674ea14.webp?v=1732611211","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/i-remain-alive-the-sioux-literary-renaissance-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}