George Sword's Warrior Narratives: Compositional Processes in Lakota Oral Tradition

by Delphine Red Shirt

Book Overview

Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The general focus in Lakota oral literary research has been on content rather than process within oral traditions. In this groundbreaking study of the characteristics of Lakota oral style, Delphine Red Shirt shows how its composition and structure are reflected in the work of George Sword, who composed 245 pages...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496201566
• ISBN13: 9781496201560
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"