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1、CambridgeUniversityPress0521822831-TheCambridgeCompaniontoNativeAmericanLiteratureEditedbyJoyPorterandKennethM.RoemerFrontmatterMoreinformationTheCambridgeCompaniontoNativeAmericanLiteratureInvisible,marginal,expected–thesewordstracethepathofrecognitionforAmericanInd
2、ianliteraturewritteninEnglishsincethelateeighteenthcentury.ThisCompanionchroniclesandcelebratesthattrajectorybydefiningrelevantinstitutional,historical,cultural,andgendercontexts,byoutliningthevarietyofgenreswrittensincethe1770s,andalsobyfocusingonsignificantauthorsw
3、hoestablishedaplaceforNativeliteratureinliterarycanonsinthe1970s(Momaday,Silko,Welch,Ortiz,Vizenor),achievedinternationalrecognitioninthe1980s(Erdrich),andperformance-celebritystatusinthe1990s(HarjoandAlexie).Inadditiontotheseventeenchapterswrittenbyrespectedexperts–
4、Nativeandnon-Native;American,British,andEuropeanscholars,theCompanionincludesbio-bibliographiesoffortyauthors,maps,sugges-tionsforfurtherreading,andatimelinewhichdetailsmajorworksofNativeAmericanliteratureandmainstreamAmericanliterature,aswellassignificantsocial,cult
5、ural,andhistoricalevents.Anessentialoverviewofthispowerfulliterature.JOYPORTERisalecturerintheDepartmentofAmericanStudiesattheUniversityofWales,Swansea,UKwheresheteachesAmericanandNativeAmericanhistoryandliterature.PreviouslyshewasSeniorLecturerinAmericanHistoryatAng
6、liaPolytechnicUniversity,Cambridge.SheistheauthorofToBeIndian:theLifeofSeneca-IroquoisArthurCaswellParker,1881–1955(2002).HerworkcanbefoundinavarietyofbookssuchasTheStateofUSHistory(Berg2002)andjournalssuchasNewYorkHistoryandPresidentialStudiesQuarterly.Hernextbookis
7、NativeAmericanFreemasonry,theresearchforwhichissupportedbyaLeverhulmeResearchFellowship.KENNETHM.ROEMER,anAcademyofDistinguishedTeachersProfessorattheUniversityofTexasatArlington,hasreceivedfourNEHgrantstoDirectSummerSeminarsandhasbeenaVisitingProfessorinJapan,aguest
8、lectureratHarvard,andlecturedinVienna,Lisbon,Brazil,andTurkey.HisarticleshaveappearedinjournalssuchasAmericanLiterature,AmericanLit