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<p><P>In <i>The Man Made of Words</i> Momaday chronicles his own pilgrimage as an author, retelling, through thirty-eight essays, allegorical stories, and autobiographical reminiscences, how he became one of the first recognized Native American writers of this century. By exploring such themes as land, language, and self-identity, <i>The Man Made of Words</i> fashions a definition of American literature as it has never been interpreted before.</p><h3>Kirkus Reviews</h3><p>A noteworthy collection of essays and occasional prose pieces by the doyen of Native American letters.<P>Momaday (The Ancient Child, 1989, etc.) here gathers some 30 pieces, ranging from a memoir of a stroll on a Greenland beach to a eulogy for the Mohawk actor known as Jay Silverheels. Most of these pieces are very short, a few only a page or two in length. As a result, some are only glancing, never quite getting into their subjects; this is especially evident in Momaday's essays on his travels to Germany and Russia, pieces that barely transcend the run of dentist's-office magazine fluff. Such lapses are few, though, and he is much better when he writes more at length on places of which he has a deep knowledge, e

Author

Navarre Scott Momaday

Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312155810

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Memoir

Rating

4.05 / 5 (157 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14