John Joseph Mathews, Sundown

Ken Hada (East Central University)

Ed. by Padraig Kirwan, Goldsmiths College, University of London
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.6: Indigenous Writing and Culture of North America - United States.
Vol. editors: Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Padraig Kirwan (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1934

Places

United States (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Sundown is the second book published by Osage writer John Joseph Mathews. First published in 1934, Sundown, his only work of fiction, follows Wah’Kon-Tah: The Osage and the White Man’s Road (1932). Subsequent books include: Talking to the Moon (1945), Life and Death of an Oilman: The Career of E.W. Marland (1951) and The Osages: Children of the Middle Waters (1961). Most of Mathews’ writing consists of memoir, cultural and historical observation and reflection, as well as biography.

A seminal, but sometimes overlooked work, Sundown may be understood as a “late-modernist novel” that sets the “paradigm” for …

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Citation: Hada, Ken. "Sundown". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2023 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=40574, accessed 24 April 2024.]

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