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Art as performance, story as criticism : reflections on native literary aesthetics / Craig Womack.
- Title
- Art as performance, story as criticism : reflections on native literary aesthetics / Craig Womack.
- Author
- Womack, Craig S.
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- Additional Authors
- Womack, Craig S.
- Description
- 406 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Pick up a work of typical literary criticism and you know what to expect: prose that is dry, pedantic, well-meaning but tedious - slow-going and essentially humorless. But why should that be so? Why can't more literary criticism have a political edge and be engaging and fast-paced? Why can't it include drama, personal narrative, and even humor? Why can't criticism become an artistic performance, rather than just a discussion of art?" "Art as Performance, Story as Criticism is Craig Womack's answer to these questions. Inventive and often outrageous, the book turns traditional literary criticism on its head, rejecting distanced, purely theoretical argumentation for intimate engagement with literary works. Focusing on Native American literature, Womack mixes forms and styles. He is unafraid to combine meticulous research and carefully considered historical perspectives with personal reactions and reflections."--BOOK JACKET.
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- ISBN
- 080614064X (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0806140658 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780806140643 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780806140650 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009006876
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries