A Tour on the Prairies: Volume 7 (The Western Frontier Library Series) - Softcover

Washington Irving (author), John Francis McDermott (Introduction By) & Richard Batman (Foreword By)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806119586 ISBN 13: 9780806119588

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985

Synopsis

Totkv Mocvse/New Fire presents the work of Earnest Gouge, an important early Creek (Muskogee) author, and makes available for the first time-in Creel and English—the myths and legends of a major American Indian tribe.In 1915, Earnest Gouge was encouraged by ethnographer John Reed Swanton to record Creek legends and myths. Gouge's manuscript lay in the National Anthropological Archives for eighty-five years until two Creek-speaking sisters, Margaret McKane Mauldin and Juanita McGirt, and linguist Jack B. Martin, began translating and editing the document. In Totkv Mocvse/New Fire, Gouge's stories appear in parallel format, with the Creek text alongside the English translation.The stories cover many themes, from the humorous allegories of Rabbit, Wolf, and other personified animals, to hunting stories designed to frighten a nighttime audience in the woods. An insightful foreword by Craig Womack and Jack Martin's introduction frame the stories within Creek literature and history. Martin and Mauldin also provide brief introductions to each story, highlighting key elements of Creek culture.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806119586
• ISBN 13: 9780806119588
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 258