momaday, n. scott

Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses. Contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.

Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses. Contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Presents interviews with Native American authors N. Scott Momaday, Gerald Vizenor, and Jeannette Armstrong, in which they discuss individual and tribal identity, cultural survival and exploitation, and writing techniques.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. N. Scott Momaday is a Native American author. His novels and poetry celebrate his heritage.

Author's memoir about his boyhood in Oklahoma, at Shiprock in the Navajo country.