Winter in the Blood | Alan R. Velie
In the following essay, Velie describes how Winter in the Blood, rather than being a "protest novel," meets all the requirements—characterization, ending, and tone—that define a dramatic comedy.
Alan R. Velie
In the following essay, Velie describes how Winter in the Blood, rather than being a "protest novel," meets all the requirements—characterization, ending, and tone—that define a dramatic comedy.
If my students are any indication, many white American readers expect any novel written by an Indian, about an Indian protagonist who meets hard times, to be a bitter protest about white oppression of noble red men. Although House Made of Dawn and Winter in the Blood are by Indians, about Indians who are pretty well buffered by...
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