Thesis
Shattered Stones: Reparing Repetition in the Archive of Mourning Dove
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
01/2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000004482
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/125000
Abstract
This thesis explores commonly held tropes within critical scholarship concerning Mourning Dove. For a long time, Mourning Dove was believed to be the first Indigenous woman in North America to publish a novel. Much of Mourning Dove scholarship focuses on the ways that Lucullus McWhorter, her editor for the novel Cogewea, interrupts her narrative. The novel was originally to be published around 1918-1919 but was delayed. Mourning Dove herself believed the delay was because of the war and rising prices. This thesis covers a reading of Mourning Dove letters that suggest McWhorter may have caused the delay in publication. The thesis also performs a textual analysis on the novel’s first chapter. Finally, memoir, poetry and a close textual reading of the snake scene come together in an alternate reading that suggests that the scene may not have ever happened if not for the mis-mailed manuscript and the delay in publication.
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- Title
- Shattered Stones
- Creators
- Randal Houle
- Contributors
- Donna Campbell (Advisor)Kirk McAuley (Committee Member)Debbie J. Lee (Committee Member)Desiree Hellegers (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- English, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 77
- Identifiers
- 99900882138601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis