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Louise Erdrich: A Critical Companion » Read Now
by Lorena L. Stookey. 168 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Louise Erdrich, following in the Native American narrative tradition has, crafted enduring tales of homecomings. Her widely acclaimed debut novel Love Medicine garnered prestigious awards, and quickly made its way onto bestseller lists and into readers' hearts. In this full-length critical volume...
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Louise Erdrich, following in the Native American narrative tradition has, crafted enduring tales of homecomings. Her widely acclaimed debut novel Love Medicine garnered prestigious awards, and quickly made its way onto bestseller lists and into readers' hearts. In this full-length critical volume, Stookey uncovers the layers of wisdom and humor embedded in Erdrich's engaging writing. Stookey, analyzing each novel in turn, examines the characters and themes that recur in Erdrich's canon of interconnected stories. This insightful analysis helps students and lovers of fine literature approach Erdrich's work with greater appreciation for her bold narrative style.
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A Reader's Guide to the Novels of Louise Erdrich » Read Now
by Gay Barton, Peter G. Beidler. 265 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library
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The Chippewa Landscape of Louise Erdrich » Read Now
by Allan Chavkin. 220 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

This collection of essays focuses on Erdrich's writings rooted in the Chippewa experience. It considers narrative structure, signs of ethnicity, the notions of luck and chance, her use of metaphors, and her use of comedy.
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Winged Words: American Indian Writers Speak ("Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris" begins on p. 41) » Read Now
by Laura Coltelli. 212 pgs.

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In Winged Words Laura Coltelli interviews some of America's foremost Indian poets and novelists, including Paula Gunn Allen, Michael Dorris, Louise Erdrich, and others. They candidly discuss the debt to old and the creation of new traditions, the proprieties of age and gender, and the relations...
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In Winged Words Laura Coltelli interviews some of America's foremost Indian poets and novelists, including Paula Gunn Allen, Michael Dorris, Louise Erdrich, and others. They candidly discuss the debt to old and the creation of new traditions, the proprieties of age and gender, and the relations between Indian writers and non-Indian readers and critics, and between writers and anthropologists and historians.
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American Indian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Contemporary Issues (Chap. 15 "Building on the Myth: Recovering Native American Culture in Louise Erdrich's The Bingo Palace") » Read Now
by Dane Morrison. 434 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...American Imaginative Spaces 285 15. Building on the Myth: Recovering Native American Culture in Louise Erdrichs The Bingo Palace 299 16. "What Does It Tell Us That We Are...
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The Complicated Life of Louise Erdrich, in Book » Read Now
by Karen Olson. 4 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the complicated life of louise erdrich. by KAREN OLSON...catch up In the past year alone, Louise Erdrich completed one novel, nearly finished...Olson ("The Complicated Life...
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Louise Erdrich, in The Progressive » Read Now
by Mark Anthony Rolo. 5 pgs.

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...Louise Erdrich by Mark Anthony Rolo Louise Erdrich once mused that Native American literature is often...Erdrich. Q: Talk about your process of writing. Louise Erdrich: I...
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The Stories We Tell: Louise Erdrich's Identity Narratives, in MELUS » Read Now
by E. Shelley Reid. 22 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...The Stories We Tell: Louise Erdrichs Identity Narratives. by...selves, is a mammoth task. Enter Louise Erdrich. Like many other Native American...of Nebraska P, 1990...
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Family Systems in Louise Erdrich's the Beet Queen, in Critique » Read Now
by Gary Storhoff. 12 pgs.

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...Family Systems in Louise Erdrichs The Beet Queen GARY STORHOFF In Louise Erdrich The Beet Queen , Mary Adare, having...ELH 54 , 3 ( 1987 ): 669-693. Erdrich, Louise. The...
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Fragments and Ojibwe Stories: Narrative Strategies in Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine, in College Literature » Read Now
by Lydia A. Schultz. 16 pgs.

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...Stories: Narrative Strategies in Louise Erdrichs Love Medicine Lydia A. Schultz...communal vision. On first glance Louise Erdrichs Love Medicine ( 1984 ) seems...Norman: U...
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Storytelling: Tradition and Preservation in Louise Erdrich's Tracks, in World Literature Today » Read Now
by Jennifer Sergi. 4 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Tradition and Preservation in Louise Erdrichs Tracks Without stories there...generation. By JENNIFER SERGI Louise Erdrich is just such a storyteller. In...mythic stories...
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Generative Adversity: Shapeshifting Pauline/Leopolda in Tracks and Love Medicine, in American Indian Quarterly » Read Now
by Kate McCafferty. 24 pgs.

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...continuing in Love Medicine , Louise Erdrich invites us to observe the generative...Historical Society Press, 1990 . Erdrich, Louise. Tracks . New York: Harper...History...
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Structures of Belief/Narrative Structures: Mojtabai's Ordinary Time and Erdrich's the Bingo Palace, in Texas Studies in Literature and Language » Read Now
by William J. Scheick. 13 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...examples by A. G. Mojtabai and Louise Erdrich. In light of my foregoing observations...N. Scott Momaday as it is for Louise Erdrich. He too is keenly aware of the...70 ( 14...
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Ceremonial Healing and the Multiple Narrative Tradition in Louise Erdrich's Tales of Burning Love, in MELUS » Read Now
by Roberta Rosenberg. 20 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...multiple narrative tradition in Louise Erdrichs Tales of Burning Love by...wholeness. For it is my belief that Louise Erdrichs Tales of Burning Love was...
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What about the Sweetheart? The "Different Shape" of Anishinabe Two Sisters Stories in Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine and Tales of Burning Love, in MELUS » Read Now
by Karah Stokes. 16 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Anishinabe Two Sisters Stories in Louise Erdrichs Love Medicine and Tales of Burning...writes a novel, a European form, Louise Erdrichs work is informed and...
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Teaching American Ethnic Literatures: Nineteen Essays ("Building Bridges: Crossing the Waters to a Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)" begins on p. 83) » Read Now
by John R. Maitino, David R. Peck. 350 pgs.

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...Waters to a Love Medicine" Louise Erdrich 83 African American Literature...essays here by John Purdy on Louise Erdrich Love Medicine , William Thackeray...Silko Ceremony...