Bad Land pastoralism in Great Plains fiction / Matthew J.C. Cella ; foreword by Wayne Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cella, Matthew J. C., 1974-

Contributor:

Franklin, Wayne.

Series:

American land and life series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--Great Plains--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Pastoral literature, American--History and criticism.

Pastoral literature, American.

Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Great Plains--In literature.

Great Plains.

Physical Description:

xiii, 230 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2010]

Contents:

Introduction: Biocultural change and literary pastoralism in Great Plains fiction

1. (Un)settling the Indian wilderness: Tribal pastoralism in Cooper's "The Prairie" and Welch's "Fools crow"

2. Pastoralism and enclosure: Marriage and illegitimate children on the range-farm frontier in Eaton's "Cattle" and Richter's "Sea of grass"

3. Harmonious fields and wild prairies: Transcendental pastoralism in Willa Cather's Nebraska novels

4. Patches of green and fields of dust: Dust Bowl pastoralism in Olsen's "Yonnondio" and Manfred's "The golden bowl"

5. Healing the wounds of history: Buffalo commons pastoralism in Proulx's "That old ace in the hole" and King's "Truth and bright water"

Epilogue: Pastoral art and the beautiful.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781587299070

1587299070

OCLC:

529958012