A Study Guide for Louise Erdrich's "The Antelope Wife"
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The Antelope Wife
Louise Erdrich
1998
Introduction
The Antelope Wife, by Louise Erdrich, is a lyric and historical novel that weaves elements of magic realism throughout the narrative. First published in 1998, the story is typical of Erdrich's work because it is circular rather than linear, meaning that the events do not occur in sequence. Narrated by multiple characters, The Antelope Wife explores the themes of love, revenge, family, identity, and destiny.
Erdrich follows the stories of three different families whose fates are forever united in the 1800s when a US cavalry officer kills an Ojibwa woman. Although the story takes place in a Native American setting, readers from all backgrounds will appreciate Erdrich's skill as a storyteller and the book's universal lessons. The novel does contain language, sexual scenes, and violence that some readers may find offensive.
Author Biography
Karen Louise Erdrich was born in Little Falls, Minnesota, on June 7, 1954. Her mother was French Ojibwa (also styled Chippewa or Ojibwe) and her father a German American. The oldest of seven children, Erdrich grew up in Wahpeton, North Dakota, where her parents worked at the Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school. Erdrich is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, and her cultural heritage shaped her literary career. She showed an interest in writing from an early age, which her father encouraged. He paid her a nickel for every story she wrote, which she confirmed in an interview in the Paris Review. She stated, My father is my biggest literary influence.
In 1972, Erdrich attended the first coed class at Dartmouth College, in New Hampshire. There, she became friends with Michael Dorris, the chair of the Native American Studies Program. As an undergraduate, Erdrich showed a talent for writing poetry. She earned the American Academy of Poets Prize her junior year, and she went on to teach writing and poetry after she graduated. In 1979, she completed her master's degree in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University. Erdrich returned to Dartmouth as a writer in residence, and she married Dorris in 1981. This was also the year that her first book of poetry, Imagination, was published.
In 1984, Erdrich's first novel, Love Medicine, was published. The novel's release coincided with the publication of her second book of poetry, Jacklight. Love Medicine was praised by critics and helped establish Erdrich's career as a novelist, earning her the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her next three novels, The Beet Queen (1986), Tracks (1988), and The Bingo Palace (1994), continue the stories of the characters in Love Medicine. Erdrich also wrote nonfiction based on her experience