A New Continent of Liberty: Eunomia in Native American Literature from Occom to Erdrich

by Geoff Hamilton

Beginning with the writings of Samson Occom, and extending through a range of fiction and nonfiction works by William Apess, Sarah Winnemucca, Zitkala-Sa, N. Scott Momaday, Gerald Vizenor, and Louise Erdrich, Geoff Hamilton sketches a movement of gradual but resolute ascent in Native American literature. The history of this rich tradition of storytellers begins with desperate early efforts pitted against the historical realities of genocide and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813942446
• ISBN13: 9780813942445
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"