Native American Songs and Poems by Brian Swann

Native American Songs and Poems by Brian Swann

In this carefully chosen collection, encompassing traditional songs and contemporary Native American poetry, readers will find a treasury of lyrics verse composed by Seminole, Hopi, Navajo, Pima, Havasupai, Arapaho, Paiute, Nootka, and other Indian writers and poets.
Selections range from the beautiful, traditional Seminole Song for Bringing a Child into the World to the cynical, knowing How to Write the Great American Indian Novel. Permeated by the Indian's deep awareness and appreciation of nature's beauty and rhythms, these poems deal with themes of tradition and continuity, the Indians' place in contemporary society, love, loss, memory, alienation, and many other topics.
Taken together, these poems offer an intimate, revealing record of the Native American response to the world, from time-honored chants and songs to the musings of urban Indian poets coming to grips with twentieth-century America.

Brian Swann is a member of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art's humanities and social sciences department. Voices from Four Directions: Contemporary Translations of Native North American Literatures and Algonquian Spirit: Contemporary Translations of Algonquian Literatures of North America, both published by the University of Nebraska Press, were edited by him.

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ISBN 13	9780486294506
ISBN 10	0486294501
Title	Native American Songs and Poems
Author	Brian Swann
Series	Thrift Editions
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Dover Publications Inc.
Year published	2000-02-01
Number of pages	64
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