The Midwestern Pastoral : Place and Landscape in Literature of the American Heartland
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. 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
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Language: | English |
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Athens, OH :
Ohio University Press,
2006
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Edition: | 1st ed |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- One Midwestern Pastoralism
- Two Willa Cather
- Three Aldo Leopold
- Four Theodore Roethke
- Five James Wright
- Six Jim Harrison
- Seven Further Views
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index