{"product_id":"9781570037900","title":"Understanding James Welch","description":"\u003cb\u003eA valuable companion to the works of an acclaimed Native American writer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding James Welch,\u003c\/i\u003e Ron McFarland offers analysis and critical commentary on the works of the renowned Blackfeet-Gros Ventre writer whose first novel, Winter in the Blood, has become a classic in Native American fiction and whose book of poems, \u003ci\u003eRiding the Earthboy 40,\u003c\/i\u003e has remained in print since its initial publication in 1971. McFarland offers close readings of Welch's poems and five novels, as well as his volume of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eKilling Custer,\u003c\/i\u003e which tells the story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn from a Native American perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemonstrating how Welch wrote each of the novels from a different angle, McFarland finds the writer's focus to be on the picaresque in \u003ci\u003eWinter in the Blood,\u003c\/i\u003e on tragic inevitability in \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Jim Loney,\u003c\/i\u003e on epic qualities in \u003ci\u003eFools Crow,\u003c\/i\u003e and on the element of intrigue in \u003ci\u003eThe Indian Lawyer.\u003c\/i\u003e McFarland draws on interviews with Welch, book reviews, and a growing body of secondary scholarly commentary to reflect on Welch's evolution as a writer, his interest in the landscape and the psychological life of his characters, his use of Native American lore and regionalist elements, and his thematic concerns—particularly the identity motif.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of South Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030780920048,"sku":"9781570037900","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781570037900_p0.jpg?v=1763794298","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781570037900","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}