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Author:

Cella, Matthew J. C., 1974-

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Iowa Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xiii, 230 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American fiction--Great Plains--History and criticism.
Pastoral literature, American--History and criticism.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Great Plains--In literature.

Other Authors:

Franklin, Wayne.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p.[215]-225) and index.

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.

Series:

American land and life series.

ISBN:

1587299054 (alk. paper)
9781587299056 (alk. paper)
1587299070 (pbk.)
9781587299070 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)529958012

LCCN:

2010005241

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)