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From ‘Mythic’ to ‘Fictive’ in a Nez Perce Orpheus Myth

From ‘Mythic’ to ‘Fictive’ in a Nez Perce Orpheus Myth From ‘Mythic’ to ‘Fictive’ in a Nez Perce Orpheus Myth Jarold Ramsey Western American Literature, Volume 13, Number 2, Summer 1978, pp. 119-131 (Article) Published by University of Nebraska Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wal.1978.0074 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/529352/summary Access provided at 22 Feb 2020 04:37 GMT from JHU Libraries J A R O L D R A M S E Y University of Rochester From ‘Mythic’ to ‘Fictive’ in a Nez Perce Orpheus Myth* T h e O rp h ic story, of a hero’s unsuccessful quest to bring back a loved one from th e L an d of th e D ead, is apparently universal am ong A m erican In d ia n tribes.1 In its perm utations, th e story has a powerful intrinsic appeal th a t transcends cultural barriers, speaking to us all as m ortal hum ans; an d w hen looked a t as oral literature, m any of the In d ian O rpheus stories reveal, even at the double remove of transcription into p rin t and translation, a striking degree of n arrative artistry, as if their anonymous creators were conscious of rising to the occasion of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Western American Literature University of Nebraska Press

From ‘Mythic’ to ‘Fictive’ in a Nez Perce Orpheus Myth

Western American Literature , Volume 13 (2) – Oct 4, 2017

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University of Nebraska Press
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From ‘Mythic’ to ‘Fictive’ in a Nez Perce Orpheus Myth Jarold Ramsey Western American Literature, Volume 13, Number 2, Summer 1978, pp. 119-131 (Article) Published by University of Nebraska Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/wal.1978.0074 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/529352/summary Access provided at 22 Feb 2020 04:37 GMT from JHU Libraries J A R O L D R A M S E Y University of Rochester From ‘Mythic’ to ‘Fictive’ in a Nez Perce Orpheus Myth* T h e O rp h ic story, of a hero’s unsuccessful quest to bring back a loved one from th e L an d of th e D ead, is apparently universal am ong A m erican In d ia n tribes.1 In its perm utations, th e story has a powerful intrinsic appeal th a t transcends cultural barriers, speaking to us all as m ortal hum ans; an d w hen looked a t as oral literature, m any of the In d ian O rpheus stories reveal, even at the double remove of transcription into p rin t and translation, a striking degree of n arrative artistry, as if their anonymous creators were conscious of rising to the occasion of

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Western American LiteratureUniversity of Nebraska Press

Published: Oct 4, 2017

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