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- catalog abstract "How did an Illinois Methodist homesteader in the West come to create one of the most significant cosmological syntheses in American literature? In this study, Hoyer draws on his own knowledge of biblical religion and Native American cultures to explore Austin's creation of the "mythology of the American continent" she so valued. Austin lived in and wrote about "the land of little rain," semiarid and arid parts of California and Nevada that were home to the Northern Paiute, Shoshone, Interior Chumash, and Yokut peoples. Hoyer makes new and provocative connections between Austin and spiritual figures like Wovoka, the prophet of the Ghost Dance religion, and writers like Zitkala-sa and Mourning Dove, and he provides a particularly fine reading of Cogowea.".
- catalog contributor b10898782.
- catalog coverage "California In literature.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "1. Prophets of a New West: Wovoka and Mary Austin -- 2. "To Bring the World into Divine Focus": Syncretic Prophecy in The Land of Little Rain -- 3. Weaving the Story: Northern Paiute Myth and The Basket Woman -- 4. Women Made of Words: Austin and Mourning Dove -- 5. Ritual Drama/Dramatic Ritual: Austin's "Indian Plays" -- 6. Dancing Ghosts: The Land of Little Rain as Syncretic Ritual -- Afterword: Resurrection.".
- catalog description "How did an Illinois Methodist homesteader in the West come to create one of the most significant cosmological syntheses in American literature? In this study, Hoyer draws on his own knowledge of biblical religion and Native American cultures to explore Austin's creation of the "mythology of the American continent" she so valued. Austin lived in and wrote about "the land of little rain," semiarid and arid parts of California and Nevada that were home to the Northern Paiute, Shoshone, Interior Chumash, and Yokut peoples. Hoyer makes new and provocative connections between Austin and spiritual figures like Wovoka, the prophet of the Ghost Dance religion, and writers like Zitkala-sa and Mourning Dove, and he provides a particularly fine reading of Cogowea.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-206) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxvii, 211 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Dancing ghosts.".
- catalog identifier "0874173124 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Dancing ghosts.".
- catalog isPartOf "Western literature series".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reno : University of Nevada Press,".
- catalog relation "Dancing ghosts.".
- catalog spatial "California In literature.".
- catalog spatial "California".
- catalog spatial "California.".
- catalog subject "818.52/09 21".
- catalog subject "Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934 Characters Indians.".
- catalog subject "Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934 Religion.".
- catalog subject "Austin, Mary, 1868-1934 Characters Indians.".
- catalog subject "Austin, Mary, 1868-1934 Religion.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and literature California History.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and literature California.".
- catalog subject "Ghost dance.".
- catalog subject "Indians in literature.".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America California Religion.".
- catalog subject "Literature and anthropology California History.".
- catalog subject "Literature and anthropology California.".
- catalog subject "PS3501.U8 Z62 1998".
- catalog subject "Western stories History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Prophets of a New West: Wovoka and Mary Austin -- 2. "To Bring the World into Divine Focus": Syncretic Prophecy in The Land of Little Rain -- 3. Weaving the Story: Northern Paiute Myth and The Basket Woman -- 4. Women Made of Words: Austin and Mourning Dove -- 5. Ritual Drama/Dramatic Ritual: Austin's "Indian Plays" -- 6. Dancing Ghosts: The Land of Little Rain as Syncretic Ritual -- Afterword: Resurrection.".
- catalog title "Dancing ghosts : Native American and Christian syncretism in Mary Austin's work / Mark T. Hoyer.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".