J Gerald Kennedy: 2 books
Life of Black Hawk, or Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak
Dictated by Himself
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2008
A rediscovered, defiant work of Native American literature, presented here on the 175th anniversary of its first publication
Upon its publication in 1833, this unflinching narrative by the vanquished Sauk leader Black Hawk was the first thoroughly adversarial account of frontier hostilities...
Strange Nation
Literary Nationalism and Cultural Conflict in the Age of Poe
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
After the War of 1812, Americans belatedly realized that they lacked national identity. The subsequent campaign to articulate nationality transformed every facet of culture from architecture to painting, and in the realm of letters, literary jingoism embroiled American authors in the heated politics...