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Publication details [#25326]

Sherzer, Joel and Anthony C. Woodbury, eds. 1987. Native American discourse: Poetics and rhetoric. Cambridge University Press. x + 246 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

language and culture | narrative | poetics | rhetoric

Language as a subject

English, American

Annotation

This collection of essays shows the poetic quality of traditional narratives from five American cultures, examining texts ranging from the mid-16th century to 1984.

Reviewed by

Kinkade, M. Dale. 1990. Review of $Native American discourse: Poetics and rhetoric.

Basso, Ellen B. 1989. Review of J.Sherzer, A.C.Woodbury (eds.) (1987: `Native American discourse: Poetics and rhetoric').