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Rooted: Seven Midwest Writers of Place (American Land & Life)
David R. Pichaske
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Description for Rooted: Seven Midwest Writers of Place (American Land & Life)
Paperback. Paying close attention to text, landscape, and biography, this book examines the relationship between place and art. It focusses on seven midwestern authors who came of age toward the close of the twentieth century, their lives, and their work grounded in distinct places. Series Editor(s): Franklin, Wayne. Series: American Land & Life Series. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
David Pichaske has been writing and teaching about midwestern literature for three decades. In ""Rooted"", by paying close attention to text, landscape, and biography, he examines the relationship between place and art. His focus is on seven midwestern authors who came of age toward the close of the twentieth century, their lives and their work grounded in distinct places: Dave Etter in small-town upstate Illinois; Norbert Blei in Door County, Wisconsin; William Kloefkorn in southern Kansas and Nebraska; Bill Holm in Minneota, Minnesota; Linda Hasselstrom in Hermosa, South Dakota; Jim Heynen in Sioux County, Iowa; and Jim Harrison in upper ... Read more
David Pichaske has been writing and teaching about midwestern literature for three decades. In ""Rooted"", by paying close attention to text, landscape, and biography, he examines the relationship between place and art. His focus is on seven midwestern authors who came of age toward the close of the twentieth century, their lives and their work grounded in distinct places: Dave Etter in small-town upstate Illinois; Norbert Blei in Door County, Wisconsin; William Kloefkorn in southern Kansas and Nebraska; Bill Holm in Minneota, Minnesota; Linda Hasselstrom in Hermosa, South Dakota; Jim Heynen in Sioux County, Iowa; and Jim Harrison in upper ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Condition
New
Series
American Land & Life Series
Number of Pages
380
Place of Publication
Iowa, United States
ISBN
9780877459873
SKU
V9780877459873
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About David R. Pichaske
David Pichaske is a professor of English at Southwest State University in Marshall, Wisconsin. His books include UBO3: A Season in Outer Mongolia; A Place Called Home: Writings on the Midwestern Small Town; Southwest Minnesota: The Land and the People; Poland in Transition: 1989-91; Late Harvest: Rural American Writing; The Poetry of Rock; A Generation in Motion: Popular Music and ... Read more
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