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Rooted : seven Midwest writers of place / by David R. Pichaske ; foreword by Wayne Franklin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pichaske, David R.
- Series:
- American land and life series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Middle West--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Place (Philosophy) in literature.
- Authors, American--Homes and haunts.
- Authors, American.
- Manners and customs.
- Middle West--In literature.
- Middle West.
- Middle West--Social life and customs.
- Landscapes in literature.
- Setting (Literature).
- Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Middle West.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 355 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- In Rooted, by paying close attention to text, landscape, and biography, David Pichaske examines the relationship between place and art by focusing on seven contemporary midwestern authors whose lives and work are grounded in distinct places: Dave Etter in small-town upstate Illinois; Norbert Blei in Door County, Wisconsin; William Kloefkorn in southern Kansas and Nebraska; Bill Holm in Minneota, Minnesota; Linda Hasselstrom in Hermosa, South Dakota; Jim Heynen in Sioux County, Iowa; and Jim Harrison in upper Michigan.
- Contents:
- 1 Midwestern Literature 1
- 2 Call It Cornbelt Baroque / Dave Etter 24
- 3 Looking Back over the Shoulder of Memory / William Kloefkorn 70
- 4 Portrait of the Artist as an Outsider / Norbert Blei 105
- 5 It Is "Like Far" / Linda Hasselstrom 151
- 6 Holm and Away / Bill Holm 188
- 7 Parables of Innocence and Experience / Jim Heynen 229
- 8 Reluctant Postmodernist / Jim Harrison 263.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0877459789
- 0877459878
- OCLC:
- 62732794
- Publisher Number:
- 9780877459781
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