Great Plains literature, Linda Ray Pratt
Type
Label
Great Plains literature, Linda Ray Pratt
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-153) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Great Plains literature
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1023510388
Responsibility statement
Linda Ray Pratt
Series statement
Discover the Great Plains
Summary
"Great Plains Literature is an exploration of influential literature of the Plains region in both the United States and Canada. It reflects the destruction of the culture of the first people who lived there, the attempts of settlers to conquer the land, and the tragic losses and successes of settlement that are still shaping our modern world of environmental threat, ethnic and racial hostilities, declining rural communities, and growing urban populations. In addition to featuring writers such as Ole Edvart Rölvaag, Willa Cather, and John Neihardt, who address the epic stories of the past, Great Plains Literature also includes contemporary writers such as Louise Erdrich, Kent Haruf, Ted Kooser, Rilla Askew, N. Scott Momaday, and Margaret Laurence. This literature encompasses a history of courage and violence, aggrandizement and aggression, triumph and terror. It can help readers understand better how today's threats to the environment, clashes with Native people, struggling small towns, and rural migration to the cities reflect the same forces that were important in the past."--, Back cover
Table of contents
Under spacious skies -- Fencing in the first people -- Taking the land in Rölvaag's immigrant saga -- Cather and the end of the "West" -- Dissent and the Great Depression -- City living on the edge -- The circle toward home -- Appendix. Great Plains literary sites to visit