American Indian prose and poetry : an anthology

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American Indian prose and poetry : an anthology / edited and with an introductory essay by Margot Astrov.

Astrov, Margot, 1908- (editor.).

Summary:

To the American Indian, the thought and the word were sacred, and each of the many tribes had its own channels of expression. Thus grew up a store of unrecorded literature. This book was the first anthology of American Indian prose and poetry, and reveals that aboriginal America had a body of primitive literature worthy to rank beside those of other continents and races, and demonstrated the American Indian to be "an outstanding poet, a singer of exquisite songs, a maker of sublime prayers, dangerous spells, and a judicious teller of tales and mythic stories."

Record details

Physical Description: xi, 366 pages ; 19 cm
Publisher: New York : Capricorn Books, [1962, ©1946]

Content descriptions

General Note:: Originally published in 1946 under title: The winged serpent.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-359).
Formatted Contents Note:: The power of the word -- The influence of Christianity on the aboriginal culture of America -- From the Northern Woodlands, the Basin Area and the Great Plains -- From the Southeast -- From the deserts of the Southwest -- From the Pueblos -- From California -- From the Northwest -- From the Far North -- From Mexico -- From Central America -- From Peru.