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Regionalism and the Humanities
. Ed(S): Mahoney, Timothy R.; Katz, Wendy J.
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Paperback. Explains that cultivating regionalism lies at the centre of the humanist endeavour. This work discusses the landscapes in American fiction, and offers a theory of region that argues for comparisons of the United States to other former colonies of Great Britain, including New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. Editor(s): Mahoney, Timothy R.; Katz, Wendy J. Num Pages: 372 pages, image, 2 maps. BIC Classification: DS; JHBA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
Although the framework of regionalist studies may seem to be crumbling under the weight of increasing globalization, this collection of seventeen essays makes clear that cultivating regionalism lies at the center of the humanist endeavor. With interdisciplinary contributions from poets and fiction writers, literary historians, musicologists, and historians of architecture, agriculture, and women, this volume implements some of the most innovative and intriguing approaches to the history and value of regionalism as a category for investigation in the humanities. In the volume’s inaugural essay, Annie Proulx discusses landscapes in American fiction, comments on how she constructs characters, and interprets current literary ... Read more
Although the framework of regionalist studies may seem to be crumbling under the weight of increasing globalization, this collection of seventeen essays makes clear that cultivating regionalism lies at the center of the humanist endeavor. With interdisciplinary contributions from poets and fiction writers, literary historians, musicologists, and historians of architecture, agriculture, and women, this volume implements some of the most innovative and intriguing approaches to the history and value of regionalism as a category for investigation in the humanities. In the volume’s inaugural essay, Annie Proulx discusses landscapes in American fiction, comments on how she constructs characters, and interprets current literary ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803276345
SKU
V9780803276345
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About . Ed(S): Mahoney, Timothy R.; Katz, Wendy J.
Timothy R. Mahoney is a professor of history at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and project administrator of the Plains Humanities Alliance. He is the author of Provincial Lives: Middle-Class Experience in the Antebellum Middle West and River Towns in the Great West: The Structure of Provincial Urbanization in the American Midwest, 1820–1870. Wendy J. Katz is an associate professor of ... Read more
Reviews for Regionalism and the Humanities
"There is grist here for everyone's mill, and the University of Nebraska Press is to be commended for producing this thought-provoking volume."—John E. Miller, Great Plains Quarterly "Mahoney and Katz's anthology ranges freely across thematic and geographical territory, proving a worthy companion to other books of its kind and confirming that the "regionalist impulse" is very much alive among scholars ... Read more