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- catalog abstract "Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) was, in the words of historian T.H. Watkins, "a walking tower of American letters." Winner of the Pulitzer prize and the National Book Award for fiction, founder of the Stanford Writing Program, recipient of three Guggenheim fellowships and innumerable honorary degrees, Stegner was both a brilliant writer and an exceptional teacher. Wallace Stegner and the Continental Vision brings together leading literary critics, historians, legal scholars, geographers, scientists, and others to present a multifaceted exploration of Stegner's work and its impact, and a thought-provoking examination of his life. Contributors consider Stegner as writer, as historian, and as conservationist, discussing his place in the American literary tradition, his integral role in shaping how Americans relate to the land, and his impact on their own personal lives and careers. They present an eclectic mix of viewpoints as they explore aspects of Stegner's work that they find most intriguing, inspiring, and provocative.".
- catalog contributor b10448373.
- catalog coverage "West (U.S.) In literature.".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-241) and index.".
- catalog description "Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) was, in the words of historian T.H. Watkins, "a walking tower of American letters." Winner of the Pulitzer prize and the National Book Award for fiction, founder of the Stanford Writing Program, recipient of three Guggenheim fellowships and innumerable honorary degrees, Stegner was both a brilliant writer and an exceptional teacher. Wallace Stegner and the Continental Vision brings together leading literary critics, historians, legal scholars, geographers, scientists, and others to present a multifaceted exploration of Stegner's work and its impact, and a thought-provoking examination of his life. Contributors consider Stegner as writer, as historian, and as conservationist, discussing his place in the American literary tradition, his integral role in shaping how Americans relate to the land, and his impact on their own personal lives and careers. They present an eclectic mix of viewpoints as they explore aspects of Stegner's work that they find most intriguing, inspiring, and provocative.".
- catalog description "Wallace Stegner and the shaping of the modern West / Charles Wilkinson -- Writing as the expression of belief / Jackson J. Benson -- Wallace Stegner's hunger for wholeness / John Daniel -- Ruminations on Stegner's protective impulse and the art of storytelling / Melody Graulich -- Wallace Stegner's practice of the wild / James R. Hepworth -- Wallace Stegner's West, wilderness, and history / Elliott West -- Wallace Stegner, John Wesley Powell, and the shrinking West / Walter Nugent -- Bioregionalist of the high and dry : Stegner and western environmentalism / Dan Flores -- Wallace Stegner : geobiographer / Curt Meine -- Reluctant tiger : Wallace Stegner takes up the conservation mantle / T.H. Watkins -- Nature and people in the American West : guidance from Wallace Stegner's sense of place / Thomas R. Vale -- Field report from the new American West / Richard L. Knight -- Stegner and contemporary western politics of the land / Dorothy Bradley -- Wilderness conversation / Terry Tempest Williams.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 256 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Wallace Stegner and the continental vision.".
- catalog identifier "1559635371 (cloth : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Wallace Stegner and the continental vision.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, DC : Island Press,".
- catalog relation "Wallace Stegner and the continental vision.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.) In literature.".
- catalog subject "813/.52 21".
- catalog subject "PS3537.T316 Z94 1997".
- catalog subject "Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Western stories History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Wallace Stegner and the shaping of the modern West / Charles Wilkinson -- Writing as the expression of belief / Jackson J. Benson -- Wallace Stegner's hunger for wholeness / John Daniel -- Ruminations on Stegner's protective impulse and the art of storytelling / Melody Graulich -- Wallace Stegner's practice of the wild / James R. Hepworth -- Wallace Stegner's West, wilderness, and history / Elliott West -- Wallace Stegner, John Wesley Powell, and the shrinking West / Walter Nugent -- Bioregionalist of the high and dry : Stegner and western environmentalism / Dan Flores -- Wallace Stegner : geobiographer / Curt Meine -- Reluctant tiger : Wallace Stegner takes up the conservation mantle / T.H. Watkins -- Nature and people in the American West : guidance from Wallace Stegner's sense of place / Thomas R. Vale -- Field report from the new American West / Richard L. Knight -- Stegner and contemporary western politics of the land / Dorothy Bradley -- Wilderness conversation / Terry Tempest Williams.".
- catalog title "Wallace Stegner and the continental vision : essays on literature, history, and landscape / edited by Curt Meine.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".