"That the people might live" : loss and renewal in Native American elegy / Arnold Krupat.

"Surveys the traditions of Native American elegiac expression over several centuries. Krupat covers a variety of oral performances of loss and renewal, including the Condolence Rites of the Iroquois and the memorial ceremony of the Tlingit people known as koo'eex, examining as well a number of Ghost...

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Main Author:	Krupat, Arnold
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Indigenous literature > United States > History and criticism. Folk literature, Indigenous > History and criticism. American literature > Indigenous authors > History and criticism. Elegiac poetry, American > Indigenous authors > History and criticism. Indigenous peoples of North America > Funeral customs and rites. Loss (Psychology) in literature. Death in literature. Grief in literature.
Physical Description:	xii, 242 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Format:	Book