American Indian prose and poetry : an anthology

Type

Book

Authors

Margot Astrov ( Astrov, Margot )

Tags

Indigenous Literature -- Translations into English, Folk Literature, Indigenous peoples -- Languages -- Texts -- Translations into English, Indigenous peoples -- Literary collections

Abstract

"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 famous 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."--Back cover.

Biblio Notes

Note:
Alternate title: "The winged serpent"

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