Deep map country : literary cartography of the Great Plains / Susan Naramore Maher ; designed by Nathan Putens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maher, Susan Naramore, author.

Contributor:

Putens, Nathan, designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American prose literature--Great Plains--History and criticism.

American prose literature.

Great Plains--In literature.

Great Plains.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, [Nebraska] : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Scholarly study of Great Plains nonfiction writers in the genre of "deep mapping", a genre that weaves together strata of narrative that includes natural history, cultural history, geography, memoir, and inter-textual material"-- Provided by publisher.

"Taking its name from the subtitle of William Least Heat-Moon's PrairyErth (a deep map), the "deep-map" form of nonfiction and environmental writing defines an innovative and stratigraphic literary genre. Proposing that its roots can be found in Great Plains nonfiction writing, Susan Naramore Maher explores the many facets of this vital form of critique, exploration, and celebration that weaves together such elements of narrative as natural history, cultural history, geography, memoir, and intertextuality. Maher's Deep Map Country gives readers the first book-length study of the deep-map nonfiction of the Great Plains region, featuring writers as diverse as Julene Bair, Sharon Butala, Loren Eiseley, Don Gayton, Linda Hasselstrom, William Least Heat-Moon, John Janovy Jr., John McPhee, Kathleen Norris, and Wallace Stegner. Deep Map Country examines the many layers of storytelling woven into their essays: the deep time of geology and evolutionary biology; the cultural history of indigenous and settlement communities; the personal stories of encounters with this expansive terrain; the political and industrial stories that have affected the original biome and Plains economies; and the spiritual dimensions of the physical environment that press on everyday realities. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Deep Mapping the Great Plains; 2. Deep Mapping History; 3. Deep Mapping the Biome; 4. Deep Mapping Dimensions; 5. Deep Mapping Lived Space; Coda; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780803255036

0803255039

9780803255029

0803255020

OCLC:

874029766