Indian nation : Native American literature and nineteenth-century nationalisms / Cheryl Walker

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Contents: The subject of America: the outsider inside -- Writing Indians -- The irony and mimicry of William Apess -- Black Hawk and the moral force of transposition -- The terms of George Copway's surrender -- John Rollin Ridge and the law -- Sarah Winnemucca's meditations: gender, race, and nation -- Personifying America: Apess's "Eulogy on King Philip" -- Native American literature and nineteenth-century nationalisms -- Appendix: "The red man's rebuke"

Topic: American literature--Indian authors--History and criticism; Literature and anthropology--History; Literature and society--History; American literature--History and criticism; Historiography; National characteristics, American, in literature; Nationalism--History; Intellectual life; Ethnic relations in literature; Nationalism in literature; Indians in literature; Civilization; Indian influences