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The midwestern pastoral : place and landscape in literature of the American heartland / William Barillas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barillas, William David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Middle West--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Pastoral literature, American--History and criticism.
- Pastoral literature, American.
- Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Middle West.
- Authors, American.
- Place (Philosophy) in literature.
- Landscapes in literature.
- Middle West--Intellectual life.
- Middle West.
- Middle West--In literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The midwestern pastoral is a literary tradition of place and rural experience that celebrates an attachment to land that is mystical as well as practical, based on historical and scientific knowledge as well as personal experience. It is exemplified in the poetry, fiction, and essays of writers who express an informed love of the nature and regional landscapes of the Midwest. Drawing on recent studies in cultural geography, environmental history, and mythology, as well as literary criticism, The Midwestern Pastoral: Place and Landscape in Literature of the American Heartland relates Midweste
- Contents:
- 1. Midwestern pastoralism
- 2. Willa Cather
- 3. Aldo Leopold
- 4. Theodore Roethke
- 5. James Wright
- 6. Jim Harrison
- 7. Further views.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821442012
- 0821442015
- OCLC:
- 182530454
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