Inventing the American primitive :

by Carr, Helen

Published by : New York University P., (New York, :) Physical details: ix, 286 p. ISBN: 0814715494 (pbk.). Subject(s): American literature -- History and criticism. | Indians in literature. | American literature -- Indian authors -- Appreciation -- United States. | Literature and anthropology -- United States -- History. | National characteristics, American, in literature. | Politics and literature -- United States -- History. | Indians of North America -- Intellectual life. | Indians of North America -- Historiography. | Ethnic relations in literature. | Primitivism in literature. | Sex role in literature. | United States -- Civilization -- Indian influences. Year: 1996 Reviews from LibraryThing.com: