The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages
by N. Scott Momaday
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Exploring such themes as land, language, and identity, Momaday recalls the moving stories of his Kiowa grandfather and Kiowa ancestors, recollects a boyhood spent partly at Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico, and ponders the circumstances of history and Indian-White relations as we inherit them today. Collecting thirty-two essays and articles, The Man Made of Words attempts to fashion a definition of American literature as we have not interpreted it before and explores a greater understanding of the show more relationship between humankind and the physical world we inhabit. show lessTags
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heard as an audiobook, which may have negatively affected my reading pleasure & rating.
I was disappointed in this selection, but think I had unrealistic expectations that Momaday would only write as an iconic Native American, not as a scholar or as any human. Therefore his essays on travel in other countries did not interest me, nor did his essays on the meaning and use of language. I most appreciated those essays with dealt with his childhood, his experiences with his father and grandparents.
I was disappointed in this selection, but think I had unrealistic expectations that Momaday would only write as an iconic Native American, not as a scholar or as any human. Therefore his essays on travel in other countries did not interest me, nor did his essays on the meaning and use of language. I most appreciated those essays with dealt with his childhood, his experiences with his father and grandparents.
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Navarre Scott Momaday was born on February 27, 1934 in Lawton, Okla. to Kiowa parents who successfully bridged the gap between Native American and white ways, but remained true to their heritage. Momaday attended the University of New Mexico and earned an M.A and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1963. A member of the Gourd Dance Society of the show more Kiowa Tribe, Momaday has received a plethora of writing accolades, including the Academy of American Poets prize for The Bear and the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for House Made of Dawn. He also shared the Western Heritage Award with David Muench in 1974 for the nonfiction book Colorado: Summer/Fall/Winter/Spring, and he is the author of the film adaptation of Frank Water's novel, The Man Who Killed the Deer. His work, The Names is composed of tribal tales, boyhood memories, and family histories. Another book, The Way to Rainy Mountain, melds myth, history, and personal recollection into a Kiowa tribe narrative. Throughout his writings, Momaday celebrate his Kiowa Native American heritage in structure, theme, and subject matter, often dealing with the man-nature relationship as a central theme and sustaining the Indian oral tradition. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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