The Native American Renaissance: Literary Imagination and Achievement: 59 (American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series) - Softcover

Alan R. Velie (editor) & A. Robert Lee (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806144025 ISBN 13: 9780806144023

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 2013

Synopsis

The most comprehensive authority on placenames of American Indian originAmerican Indian words define the North American landscape. This volume combines historical research and linguistic fieldwork with Native speakers from across the United States to present the first comprehensive, up-to-date scholarly dictionary of American placenames derived from Native languages.Accomplished linguist William Bright assembled a team of twelve editorial consultants—experts in Native American languages—and many other contributors to prepare this lexicon of eleven thousand placenames along with their etymologies. Bright’s introduction explains his methodology and the contents of each entry. New data from leading scholars makes this volume an invaluable reference for students of American Indian culture, folklore, and local history.

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About the Author

Alan R. Velie is David Ross Boyd Professor in the English Department at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of more than forty articles and three books and the editor of eight books, including the anthology American Indian Literature.

A. Robert Lee is retired as Professor of American Literature at Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan, and is the author or editor of numerous books, including Native American Writing and Multicultural American Literature: Comparative Black, Native, Latino/a, and Asian American Fictions, which won the 2004 American Book Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806144025
• ISBN 13: 9780806144023
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376