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Overview"Not since Edward Abbey has one writer spoken so passionately about the desert places of the American West as has Terry Tempest Williams. In this first book of criticism to address the work of one of the West’s finest daughters, Katherine Chandler and Melissa Goldthwaite collect the work of sixteen respected scholars who each examine some aspect of courage, wisdom, or place in Williams’s work, in an attempt to ""get behind the heart"" of her literary vision." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Katherine R Chandler , Katherine R ChandlerPublisher: University of Utah Press,U.S. Imprint: University of Utah Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.467kg ISBN: 9780874807707ISBN 10: 0874807700 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 30 October 2003 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsBeginning Words: Introduction and Invitation: Katherine R. Chandler and Melissa A. Goldthwaite Beyond the Blithe Air: The Post-Nuclear Transcendentalism of Williams: Elizabeth Dodd Bombs in the Desert: Williams’s 'All That Is Hidden': Nathaniel Hart Embodied Mutuality: Reconnecting to Environment and Self: Mary Newell Beyond Mere Embrace in Desert Quartet: An Erotic Landscape: Sharon Reynolds Deconstructing the Language of Opposition: Locating an Erotics of Place in Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert: Jeanette E. Riley and Maureen Schirack Sound Ground to Stand On: Soundscapes in Williams’s Work: Masami Raker Yuki In Cahoots with Poetry: Williams as Prose Poet in 'An Unspoken Hunger' and 'Desert Quartet': Robert Miltner When Burke Meets Williams: A Study of Landscape, Story, Identity, and Politics: Lisa Eastmond Rhetoric + Feminism = Williams’s Poetic Means: Transforming Triptychs of Body, Form, and Faith in Leap: Melissa A. Goldthwaite One Wild Word: Leap and the Art of Restoration: Bart Welling Integrating Science and Faith: Williams and the Erotics of Place: Richard Hunt Potsherds and Petroglyphs: Unearthing Latter-day Saint Sources for Williams’s Environmental Vision: Katherine R. Chandler A New Thought in Familiar Country: Williams’s Witnessing Ethics: Lisa Diedrich Corporeal Testimony: Counting the Bodies in Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place: Tina Richardson The Ecopolitical Space of Refuge: Karl ZuelkeReviewsA gathering of skilled critical essays on the work of one of our generation's most valued writers; it is keen and perceptive, and rich in understanding. . . . These essays illuminate the core themes of Williams's writing--an extraordinary reading of place, superb storytelling, deeply-rooted sense of family, skilled observations as a natural history writer--and will add to the enjoyment of those of us who cherish and respect her writing, as well as to those students for whom her work is a beacon. <p> A gathering of skilled critical essays on the work of one of our generations most valued writers; it is keen and perceptive, and rich in understanding... These essays illuminate the core themes of Williams's writing--an extraordinary reading of place, superb storytelling, deeply-rooted sense of family, skilled observations as a natural history writer--and will add to the enjoyment of those of us who cherish and respect her writing, as well as to those students for whom her work is a beacon. --Ann Zwinger, author of The Nearsighted Naturalist<br> Moves the terms of scholarly debate in literature and environment forward. The book's lucid, well-argued essays represent a range of sophisticated analysis. -- ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment Author InformationKatherine R. Chandler is assistant professor of English at St. Mary's College of Maryland. Melissa A. Goldthwaite is assistant professor of English at Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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