Bad Land Pastoralism in Great Plains Fiction (American Land & Life) by Matthew J. C. Cella ISBN 13: 9781587299070

University Of Iowa Press. paperback. Very Good. there is wear on the corners and edges; the spine of the book is unbroken and uncreased; the inner pages are free of markings, notes, or highlighting;

University Of Iowa Press, 2010-08-28. Paperback. Good.

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, (2010). 1st edition. Signed by the author on the half-title page with a brief inscription. A title in the American Land and Life series. 8vo trade paperback. Near Fine. Clean and securely bound. Appears to be unread. (American fiction - Pastoral literature - Great Plains - History and criticism.)

Paperback / softback. New. At the core of this nuanced book is the question that ecocritics have been debating for decades: what is the relationship between aesthetics and activism, between art and community? By using a pastoral lens to examine ten fictional narratives that chronicle the dialogue between human culture and nonhuman nature on the Great Plains, Matthew Cella explores literary treatments of a succession of abrupt cultural transitions from the Euroamerican conquest of the "Indian wilderness" in the nineteenth century to the Buffalo Commons phenomenon in the twentieth. By charting the shifting meaning of land use and biocultural change in the region, he posits this bad land-the arid West-as a crucible for the development of the human imagination. Each chapter deals closely with two novels that chronicle the same crisis within the Plains community. Cella highlights, for example, how Willa Cather reconciles her persistent romanticism with a growing disillusionment about the… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Univ of Iowa Pr, 2010. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 254 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches.