A Reader's Guide to the Novels of Louise Erdrich (2006)

This revised and expanded edition of Beidler and Barton’s indispensable A Reader’s Guide to the Novels of Louise Erdrich builds on the sellout success of the first edition. Every serious reader of Erdrich’s fiction will want access to this comprehensive new edition, which includes valuable new material.• Completely updated with information on four new novels published since the first edition: The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, The Master Butchers Singing Club, Four Souls, and The Painted Drum• Easy-to-use genealogical charts for the various families• A map and geographical details about the settings for the novels• A detailed composite dictionary of characters (even including the minor characters)• A glossary of all of the Ojibwe words, phrases, and sentences that Erdrich, an astoundingly versatile and energetic Native American author, uses in her panoply of novels

Divided into two main sections, this guide provides insight into the geography, genealogy, chronology, and characters of Erdrich's novels. Part I provides a skeletal outline of the novels' families. Part II is a dictionary of characters.

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A conscientious reader who uses this handbook as it is intended--to facilitate the considerable intellectual work that Erdrich's texts demand--will find that it enhances the pleasure of traveling the road to full appreciation of Erdrich's achievement. Including this text with Erdrich's novels as required reading in literature classes will, without a doubt, lead students quickly to higher, more insightful levels of discussion and writing than they might otherwise have reached within the span of a single course.

Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Introduction......Page 14 Geography......Page 22 Genealogy and Chronology......Page 26 Love Medicine......Page 27 The Beet Queen......Page 32 Tracks......Page 35 The Bingo Palace......Page 40 Tales of Burning Love......Page 44 The Antelope Wife......Page 50 II: Dictionary of Characters......Page 60 Love Medicine......Page 244 The Beet Queen......Page 245 The Bingo Palace......Page 247 Tales of Burning Love......Page 248 The Antelope Wife......Page 251 Bibliography......Page 254 A......Page 268 C......Page 269 D......Page 270 F......Page 271 I......Page 272 L......Page 273 N......Page 274 R......Page 275 S......Page 276 W......Page 277 Y......Page 278 "A revised and expanded, comprehensive guide to the novels of Native American author Louise Erdrich from Love Medicine to The Painted Drum. Includes chronologies, genealogical charts, complete dictionary of characters, map and geographical details about settings, and a glossary of all the Ojibwe words and phrases used in the novels"--Provided by publisher. This revised and expanded edition of Beidler and Barton’s indispensable A Reader’s Guide to the Novels of Louise Erdrich builds on the sellout success of the first edition. THIS IS NOT THE 2006 REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITON AS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK DESCRIPTION. THIS DOWNLOAD IS THE ORIGINAL 1999 EDITION.