Indians, Environment, and Identity on the Borders of American Literature : From Faulkner and Morrison to Walker and Silko (American Literature Reading

The authors discussed in this book, including James Fenimore Cooper, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and Leslie Marmon Silko, place this cross-cultural contact in nature, not only collapsing cultural and racial boundaries, but also complicating divisions between 'wilderness' and 'civilization.'