{"product_id":"interpreting-the-legacy-brian-holloway-9781646420780","title":"Interpreting the Legacy: John Neihardt and Black Elk Speaks","description":"Ambitious and provocative, \u003ci\u003eInterpreting the Legacy: John Neihardt and Black Elk Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e is a new study of the classic spiritual text that is sure to spark debate. Neihardt's work has recently been critiqued by scholars who maintain that the author filtered and corrupted Black Elk's teachings through a European spiritual and political lens. In this book, Brian Holloway offers a rather different view, making a convincing case that Neihardt quite consciously attempted to use his literary craftsmanship to provide the reader with direct and immediate access to the teachings of the Oglala elder.\u003cp\u003eUsing Neihardt's original handwritten notes and early manuscript drafts, Holloway demonstrates the poet's careful and deliberate re-creation of Black Elk's spiritual world in order to induce a transcendent experience in the reader. Through exhaustive research into Neihardt's biographical materials, published philosophical and metaphysical writings, and volumes of taped lectures, Holloway examines the sources of the book's production as well as the reactions to and the implications of his literary portrayal of the spiritual world of the Oglala.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRestoring Neihardt's reputation as a faithful witness to Black Elk's sacred landscape, \u003ci\u003eInterpreting the Legacy: John Neihardt and Black Elk Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to Neihardt scholars and students of literature, religious studies, and Native American studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Holloway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646420780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646420780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Colorado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Brian Holloway","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46383992013055,"sku":"9781646420780","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4be228ec-ae09-4e27-bca2-42b34d49ec8e.jpg?v=1733282326","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/interpreting-the-legacy-brian-holloway-9781646420780","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}