Author and noted poet linda hogans debut historical novel, mean spirit 1991, is set in watona, oklahoma, in 1922. She is currently the chickasaw nations writer in residence. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Linda hogan is a chickasaw poet, novelist, and essayist. If you take up no other novel this year, or next, this one will suffice to hold, to disturb, to enlighten and to. Mean spirit linda hogan 1990 our story takes place on an oilrich native american town, called watona, on a reservation in oklahoma. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures.
It was nominated for the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1991. Mean spirit focuses on two osage county families, in particular, the blankets and the grayclouds. Mean spirit has 3 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. In mean spirit, solar storms, and power, linda hogan uses the devices of silence, the introduction discusses the overview of the project, illustrates my thesis regarding in chapter three, i examine solar storms and track hogans use of. Hogan has played a prominent role in the development of contemporary native american poetry, particularly in its relationship to environmental and. Born in denver, linda hogan is a poet, environmentalist, academic, and writer of eighteen texts, including novels and collections of poetry. Linda hogan was born in 1947, in denver, colorado and grew up in oklahoma.
The discovery of oil in the territory, bringing a sudden influx of wealth, affects the local indian community in an unexpectedly. Silence, absence, and mystery in linda hogans mean spirit. Their fortunes attracted the attention of corrupt lawyers, oilmen. Linda hogan was a finalist for the pulitzer prize for her novel mean spirit. The meaning to the story mean spirit by linda hogan answers. These authors strike a variety of provocative and poignant environmental noteshaunting, satirical, delicate, mysterious, hopeful, wiseas they look with fresh eyes at the ageold question of how to live in harmony with nature.
I just finished reading this book, which is so beautifully and gracefully written. There is a multitude of characters that accompany this story. It is a book to treasure and read for the voice of omishto, the main character, a young woman strong enough to go against the colonizing systems that hold her indigenous people away from their traditional ways. Mean spirit by linda hogan 1991, paperback for sale. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of mean spirit by linda hogan. These poems in particular cross over to speak for us in the. Linda hogan draws on extensive historical research as well as her own considerable and acknowledged gifts as a poet to write this haunting epic.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Mean spirit is a book about the osage tribe during the oklahoma oil boom. She has been the recipient of, among other awards, an nea, a minnesota arts board grant, a lannan award, and a guggenheim fellowship. The meaning to the story mean spirit by linda hogan. Woman as redeemer in linda hogans mean spirit in native american women in literature and culture, ed. Despite its lack of real suspense, then, an unusual and intriguing debut. A poet, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, hogan writes about topics related to the experiences of native americans as well as the relationship between humans and the environment. Mean spirit recounts a bloody year in indian country in oklahoma and the injustices against the osage people who were stripped of their land and some cases their lives.
Linda hogan early in this century, rivers of oil were found beneath oklahoma land belonging to indian people, and beautiful grace banket became the richest person in the territory. Synopsis this is a complex novel, based on a littleknown historical episode, with hints of magic realism. Find all available study guides and summaries for mean spirit by linda hogan. Her acclaimed first novel, mean spirit, focused on violence in the osage indian community during the oklahoma oil. Linda hogan, a native american and ecofeminism, a renowned writer. Of the book of medicines, joy harjo writes, linda hogans poetry has always been a medicine of sorts. Linda hogan is a chickasaw author with numerous books and awards and honors to match linda hogan has had awards and fellowships. Her other honors include an american book award and a guggenheim fellowship. Linda hogan uses fiction as her medium, but the hard truths she reveals about u. Hogan born july 16, 1947 is a poet, storyteller, academic, playwright, novelist, environmentalist and writer of short stories. This short film is planned for release in 2018 by modern.
In mean spirit by linda hogan, what is the significance of john stink and his ghost. I found mean spirit both deeply moving and highly educational. Set in the town of watona, oklahoma known as talbert to its white residents the story is set during the oil boom of the early 1920s. The course of the story extends from 1918 to the midtwenties. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. If you are looking for the motif of a story, look for a reoccurring symbol in the book. When oil was discovered on indian land in oklahoma, the osage tribe quickly became one of the richest communities in the entire country. Mean spirit book by linda hogan official publisher. Mean spirit by linda hogan evokes an astonishingly real sense of loss as the inhabitants of watona, ok and its surrounding area come to grips with the evaporation of their traditional ways and the incoming, overpowering culture of greed brought by the burgeoning oil industry in the 1920s. Linda hogan received a ba from the university of colorado, colorado springs, and an ma from the university of colorado, boulder. I loved the way hogan builds the world of the town of watona and the details of the cultural resurgence in the people, some who were devout baptists at the beginning of the novel. Mean spirit by linda hogan 19911124 mass market paperback 1763 by linda hogan author. Linda hogan chickasaw is an internationally recognized public speaker and author of poetry, fiction, and essays. Set in oklahoma during the oil boom of the early 1920s, this brooding and profoundly moving first novel focuses on two doomed osage indian families, the blankets and the grayclouds.
When oil was discovered on indian land in oklahoma, the osage tribe. Reviewing, for some individuals become a requirement that is to do each day such as investing time for consuming. Hogan is a recipient of the lannan literary award for poetry. Native americans, racial discrimination, mean spirit. Mean spirit book by linda hogan 3 available editions. Mean spirit by linda hogan, 9781501112454, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
A vivid and thoroughly moving novel of injustice and endurance in the face of terrible odds, set against the oklahoma oil boom of the 1920s. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Written in 1990, linda hogans mean spirit gives a fictionalized account of the famous osage indian murders of the 1920s. Hogan, a poet, professor and member of the chickasaw tribe, mines a rich vein of indian customs and rituals, and. Description mean spirit by linda hogan native americans made rich by the oklahoma oil boom of the 1920s fall victim to a campaign of fraud and intimidation on the part of white businessmen eager to rob them of their newfound wealth. By linda hogan mean spirit first edition linda hogan on. The discovery of oil in the territory, bringing a sudden influx of wealth, affects the local indian community in an unexpectedly tragic fashion. Spend your time also for simply few mins to read a book mean spirit, by linda hogan reading an ebook will never lower and also lose your time to be ineffective. The title of this book is mean spirit and it was written by linda hogan.
Written in 1990, linda hogan s mean spirit gives a fictionalized account of the famous osage indian murders of the 1920s. She is the author of several books of poetry and a collection of short fiction. Buy mean spirit by linda hogan from australias online independent bookstore, boomerang books. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The wealth, value, and worth of the osage tribe notes on contemporary literature, 1995.
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