Bearheart (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Gerald R. Vizenor
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Plot: Apocalyptic satire
- Time of Work: The end of the world
- Setting: The central United States
- Principal Characters: Proude Cedarfair, Bigfoot, Belladonna, Bishop Omax Parasimo, Sir Cecil Staples
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Apocalyptic and catastrophe fiction
- Subjects: Wives, Traveling or travelers, Folkloric or magical people, Mythology or myths, Prisons, Sex or sexuality, Murder or homicide, Exile or expatriates, Future, Poetry or poets, Native Americans or American Indians, Victims, Violence, Death or dying, Rulers, Trains, Witches or witchcraft, Visions, epiphanies, or revelations, Bears, Blood, End of the world, Lightning, Pilgrims or pilgrimages, Torture
- Locales: United States
The Novel
Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles is an unorthodox narrative. A work of mixed genres, the book incorporates materials from the indigenous and mainstream literary traditions. The novel follows the traditional framework of the emergence myth, which involves the cyclical destruction and creation of the world; an integral part of the myth is the survival and renewal of the tribe through migration. Because of its experimental techniques and language, however, Bearheart has also been associated with postmodernism.
The novel opens with a preface,...
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