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Xingu, and Other Stories
The Oxford Companion to American Literature
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1995
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© The Oxford Companion to American Literature 1995, originally published by Oxford University Press 1995. (Hide copyright information)
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Xingu, and Other Stories, eight tales by
Edith Wharton, published in 1916.
Xingu is a witty account of the Hillbridge Lunch Club, a gathering of “indomitable huntresses of erudition”—hypocrites and snobs, with the single exception of a newcomer, Mrs. Roby—who entertain a famous woman author. Her indifference to the “topics” advanced for discussion ends only when Mrs. Roby refers familiarly to “Xingu,” an esoteric subject that she and the other members then pretend to know thoroughly. The ladies of the Lunch Club discover the Xingu to be a Brazilian river, and, crestfallen and indignant, expel Mrs. Roby.
Coming Home, a story of the World War, is concerned with a young Frenchwoman who gives herself to a German officer to save her fiancé's home and family from destruction. The fiancé takes revenge by murdering the German, now a wounded prisoner, who is entrusted to his care.
Autres Temps … is a poignant tale of a woman's personal tragedy, contrasting the attitudes toward divorce of two generations of New York society.
Kerfol and
The Triumph of Night are subtle delineations of ghosts, mystery, and terror.
Bunner Sisters, a novelette, tells of the lives of two commonplace spinsters who operate a small shop near Stuyvesant Square, in 19th‐century New York City.
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Xingu aims to help protect Brazilian rivers and forests.
Magazine article from: Modern Brewery Age; 1/19/2009; 613 words
; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Conser Inc., Xingu Black Beer's exporter, reports it has paired up with the Y Ikatu/Xingu foundation so that for every case of Xingu sold, a portion of the profits will go toward saving the Xingu...
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The march of time.(Xingu people)(Cover story)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 11/1/2007; 700+ words
; Established in 1961, Xingu National Park was South America's first...boundaries is beginning to pollute the River Xingu and its tributaries, and illegal logging...presence felt [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Xingu men performing a kuarup dance. Kudrup...
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Xingu Indians pay highest homage to pioneering Indian defenders
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/30/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Press Writer AP Online 08-30-1998 ALTO XINGU, Brazil (AP) _ It was a bittersweet...the reservation where he lived among the Xingu Indians for three decades. Indians, naked...Kuarup,'' the highest tribute the Xingu Indians pay the dead. ``I couldn't...
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Xingu: The Indians, Their Myths.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 4/1/2004; ; 614 words
; Xingu: The Indians, Their Myths by Orlando and...compendium of myths from the tribes of the Xingu River region, the Villas Boas brothers...encroachment of the outside world. While Xingu doesn't claim to be a true ethnological...
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Brazilian Indians gather at Xingu River to end 5-day protest against Amazon dam
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/23/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...in the river they say it will destroy. Xingu, alive and free forever! sang the crowd...and many isolated communities along the Xingu River. Indians have been massacred in...government has failed to recognize that the Xingu is our way of life, and we depend on it...
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Meanwhile, down on the Xingu. (development in Brazil) (Beat the Devil) (column)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 11/7/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...as the Treasury and Congress, about the Xingu Dam Complex. This developers' dream rivals...drawn to flood the Colorado basin. The Xingu Dam Complex will dwarf any existing dam...seven sites are under consideration on the Xingu River and its tributaries. More than 9...
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Xingu, and Other Stories
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Xingu, and Other Stories, eight tales by Edith Wharton , published in 1916. Xingu is a witty account of the Hillbridge Lunch Club...when Mrs. Roby refers familiarly to “Xingu,” an esoteric subject that she and the...
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Xingu
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Xingu Brazilian river, rising in central Mato Grosso state. It flows n for 1979km...attention on the plight of Native Americans when a government proposal to dam the Xingu meant the flooding of tribal land. The dam and hydroelectric scheme, costing...
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Mehinaku
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Rio Kulesau (one of the major tributaries of the Rio Xingu) in the Xingu National Park in central Brazil. The Mehinaku are similar...permanent dry forest, where the Indians of the Upper Xingu region make their villages. During the wet season...
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Suya
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...although the group continues to live in the Xingu National Park. The Suya and Tapayuna spoke...xE1; -missu near its mouth on the Rio Xingu, an affluent of the Amazon (11 °...xB0; W) within the boundaries of the Xingu National Park, Mato Grosso. They said...
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Araweté
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Indians of the right bank of the middle Rio Xingu, may have designated the Arawet é...a small blackwater tributary of the Xingu, in the state of Par á in northern...the hinterland between the Tocantins and Xingu rivers. These groups (some of them now...
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