King, Thomas (Vol. 171) - James H. Cox (essay date spring 2000)

James H. Cox (essay date spring 2000)

SOURCE: Cox, James H. “‘All This Water Imagery Must Mean Something’: Thomas King's Revisions of Narratives of Domination and Conquest in Green Grass, Running Water.American Indian Quarterly 24, no. 2 (spring 2000): 219-46.

[In the following essay, Cox examines how King usurps European narratives of domination to create life-affirming storylines in Green Grass, Running Water.]

Doom. Doom! Doom! Doom!

D. H. Lawrence, Studies in Classic American Literature

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