Author: Vardis Fisher
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734975970
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Described as one of the ten most important novels in all of The New York Times, DARK BRIDWELL describes the brutal life of a pioneer family in the early days of settling the Idaho wilderness.
Dark Bridwell
Author: Vardis Fisher
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734975970
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Described as one of the ten most important novels in all of The New York Times, DARK BRIDWELL describes the brutal life of a pioneer family in the early days of settling the Idaho wilderness.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734975970
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Described as one of the ten most important novels in all of The New York Times, DARK BRIDWELL describes the brutal life of a pioneer family in the early days of settling the Idaho wilderness.
On Sacred Ground
Author: Nicholas O’Connell
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 029580341X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
On Sacred Ground explores the literature of the Northwest, the area that extends from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains, and from the forty-ninth parallel to the Siskiyou Mountains. The Northwest exhibits astonishing geographical diversity and yet the entire bioregion shares a similarity of climate, flora, and fauna. For Nicholas O’Connell, the effects of nature on everyday Northwest life carry over to the region's literature. Although Northwest writers address a number of subjects, the relationship between people and place proves the dominant one, and that has been true since the first tribes settled the region and began telling stories about it, thousands of years ago. Indeed, it is the common thread linking Chief Seattle to Theodore Roethke, Narscissa Whitman to Ursula K. Le Guin, Joaquin Miller to Ivan Doig, Marilynne Robinson to Jack London, Betty MacDonald to Gary Snyder. Tracing the history of Pacific Northwest literary works--from Native American myths to the accounts of explorers and settlers, the effusions of the romantics, the sharply etched stories of the realists, the mystic visions of Northwest poets, and the contemporary explosion of Northwest poetry and prose--O’Connell shows how the most important contribution of Northwest writers to American literature is their articulation of a more spiritual human relationship with landscape. Pacific Northwest writers and storytellers see the Northwest not just as a source of material wealth but as a spiritual homeland, a place to lead a rich and fulfilling life within the whole context of creation. And just as the relationship between people and place serves as the unifying feature of Northwest literature, so also does literature itself possess a perhaps unique ability to transform a landscape into a sacred place.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 029580341X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
On Sacred Ground explores the literature of the Northwest, the area that extends from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains, and from the forty-ninth parallel to the Siskiyou Mountains. The Northwest exhibits astonishing geographical diversity and yet the entire bioregion shares a similarity of climate, flora, and fauna. For Nicholas O’Connell, the effects of nature on everyday Northwest life carry over to the region's literature. Although Northwest writers address a number of subjects, the relationship between people and place proves the dominant one, and that has been true since the first tribes settled the region and began telling stories about it, thousands of years ago. Indeed, it is the common thread linking Chief Seattle to Theodore Roethke, Narscissa Whitman to Ursula K. Le Guin, Joaquin Miller to Ivan Doig, Marilynne Robinson to Jack London, Betty MacDonald to Gary Snyder. Tracing the history of Pacific Northwest literary works--from Native American myths to the accounts of explorers and settlers, the effusions of the romantics, the sharply etched stories of the realists, the mystic visions of Northwest poets, and the contemporary explosion of Northwest poetry and prose--O’Connell shows how the most important contribution of Northwest writers to American literature is their articulation of a more spiritual human relationship with landscape. Pacific Northwest writers and storytellers see the Northwest not just as a source of material wealth but as a spiritual homeland, a place to lead a rich and fulfilling life within the whole context of creation. And just as the relationship between people and place serves as the unifying feature of Northwest literature, so also does literature itself possess a perhaps unique ability to transform a landscape into a sacred place.
Vardis Fisher
Author: Michael Austin
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252053036
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Raised by devout Mormon parents, Vardis Fisher drifted from the faith after college. Yet throughout his long career, his writing consistently reflected Mormon thought. Beginning in the early 1930s, the public turned to Fisher's novels like Children of God to understand the increasingly visible Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His striking works vaulted him into the same literary tier as William Faulkner while his commercial success opened the New York publishing world to many of the founding figures in the Mormon literary canon. Michael Austin looks at Fisher as the first prominent American author to write sympathetically about the Church and examines his work against the backdrop of Mormon intellectual history. Engrossing and enlightening, Vardis Fisher illuminates the acclaimed author's impact on Mormon culture, American letters, and the literary tradition of the American West.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252053036
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Raised by devout Mormon parents, Vardis Fisher drifted from the faith after college. Yet throughout his long career, his writing consistently reflected Mormon thought. Beginning in the early 1930s, the public turned to Fisher's novels like Children of God to understand the increasingly visible Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His striking works vaulted him into the same literary tier as William Faulkner while his commercial success opened the New York publishing world to many of the founding figures in the Mormon literary canon. Michael Austin looks at Fisher as the first prominent American author to write sympathetically about the Church and examines his work against the backdrop of Mormon intellectual history. Engrossing and enlightening, Vardis Fisher illuminates the acclaimed author's impact on Mormon culture, American letters, and the literary tradition of the American West.
The American West and Its Interpreters
Author: Richard W. Etulain
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826364462
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Distinguished historian Richard W. Etulain brings together a generous selection of essays from his sixty-year career as a specialist on the US West in this essential volume. Each essay provides an invaluable overview of the rise of western literary history and historiography—including insightful evaluations of individual historians—revealing summaries of regional literature and discussions of western stories yet to be told. Together these writings furnish readers with useful considerations of important subjects about the American West. All those interested in the American West and its interpreters will find these illuminative moments of literary history and historiography especially appealing.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826364462
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Distinguished historian Richard W. Etulain brings together a generous selection of essays from his sixty-year career as a specialist on the US West in this essential volume. Each essay provides an invaluable overview of the rise of western literary history and historiography—including insightful evaluations of individual historians—revealing summaries of regional literature and discussions of western stories yet to be told. Together these writings furnish readers with useful considerations of important subjects about the American West. All those interested in the American West and its interpreters will find these illuminative moments of literary history and historiography especially appealing.
Catalogue of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Idaho's Place
Author: Adam M. Sowards
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295805072
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Idaho’s Place is an anthology of the most current and original writing on Gem State history. From the state’s indigenous roots and early environmental battles to recent political and social events, these essays provide much-needed context for understanding Idaho’s important role in the development of the American West. Through a creative approach that combines explorations of concepts such as politics, gender, and race with the oral histories of Idaho residents - the very people who lived and made state history - this unique collection sheds new light on the state’s surprisingly contentious past. Readers, whether they are longtime residents or newcomers, tourists or seasonal dwellers, policy makers or historians, will be treated to a rich narrative in which the many threads of Idaho’s history entwine to produce a complete tapestry of this beautiful and complex Western state.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295805072
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Idaho’s Place is an anthology of the most current and original writing on Gem State history. From the state’s indigenous roots and early environmental battles to recent political and social events, these essays provide much-needed context for understanding Idaho’s important role in the development of the American West. Through a creative approach that combines explorations of concepts such as politics, gender, and race with the oral histories of Idaho residents - the very people who lived and made state history - this unique collection sheds new light on the state’s surprisingly contentious past. Readers, whether they are longtime residents or newcomers, tourists or seasonal dwellers, policy makers or historians, will be treated to a rich narrative in which the many threads of Idaho’s history entwine to produce a complete tapestry of this beautiful and complex Western state.
The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature
Author: Steven R. Serafin
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826417770
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1340
Book Description
More than ten years in the making, this comprehensive single-volume literary survey is for the student, scholar, and general reader. The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature represents a collaborative effort, involving 300 contributors from across the US and Canada. Composed of more than 1,100 signed biographical-critical entries, this Encyclopedia serves as both guide and companion to the study and appreciation of American literature. A special feature is the topical article, of which there are 70.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826417770
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1340
Book Description
More than ten years in the making, this comprehensive single-volume literary survey is for the student, scholar, and general reader. The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature represents a collaborative effort, involving 300 contributors from across the US and Canada. Composed of more than 1,100 signed biographical-critical entries, this Encyclopedia serves as both guide and companion to the study and appreciation of American literature. A special feature is the topical article, of which there are 70.
Fifty Western Writers
Author: Fred Erisman
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
"Every Western buff and scholar ought to have a copy of Fifty Western Writers on the bookshelf." Journal of the West
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
"Every Western buff and scholar ought to have a copy of Fifty Western Writers on the bookshelf." Journal of the West
Brigham Young University Studies
Author: Brigham Young University
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latter Day Saints
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
A voice for the community of LDS scholars.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latter Day Saints
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
A voice for the community of LDS scholars.
Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society
Author: Hawaiian Entomological Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description