Literary Work
Lincoln’s focus in The Native American Renaissance centers on the exploration of the significant increase in production of literary works by Native Americans in the years following the publication and critical acclaim garnered by N. Scott Momaday's novel House Made of Dawn, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969.
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