The Redemption of Narrative: Terry Tempest Wiliams and Her Vision of the West - Couverture rigide

Whitt, Jan

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ISBN 10 : 0881463884 ISBN 13 : 9780881463880

Editeur : Mercer University Press, 2016

Synopsis

"Author and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams argues that a lack of connection to the land is the direct result of our failure to care intimately about one another. From Pieces of White Shell: A Journey to Navajoland (1984) to When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice (2012), her writing is born in the red-hot fires of contradiction. A Mormon and a believer in the power of women, an activist and a solitary writer, a student of science and a woman of faith, Williams celebrates paradox and lives both on the page and in the world. The first monograph to explore Williams's impressive and expanding literary canon, The Redemption of Narrative: Terry Tempest Williams and Her Vision of the West is divided into two sections. Part 1 compares Williams and poet and essayist Thomas Stearns Eliot, who share a personal belief system and a longing to find order and stability through language. Part 2 explores two of the literary communities to which Williams belongs, first, writers of creative nonfiction and literary journalism, and second, animal activists who advocate both for living things and for the planet that sustains them" --

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jan Whitt is a professor of Journalism, Literature, and Media Studies at the University of Colorado, Denver, USA, at Boulder. She is author of seven books and numerous journal articles about American literature, film, literary journalism, media history, and women’s studies. She received a BA and MA in English from Baylor University and a PhD in English from the University of Denver

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mercer University Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0881463884
• ISBN 13: 9780881463880
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
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• Personne responsable: non disponible