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BL
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645732
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Cella, Matthew J. C.,1974-
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| Title & Author
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Bad Land pastoralism in Great Plains fiction /\ Matthew J.C. Cella ; foreword by Wayne Franklin
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| Publication Statement
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Iowa City :: University of Iowa Press,, c2010
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| Series Statement
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American land and life series
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xiii, 230 p. ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9781587299070 (pbk.)
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: 1587299070 (pbk.)
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: 9781587299056 (alk. paper)
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: 1587299054 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction: Biocultural change and literary pastoralism in Great Plains fiction -- 1. (Un)settling the Indian wilderness: Tribal pastoralism in Cooper's "The Prairie" and Welch's "Fools crow" -- 2. Pastoralism and enclosure: Marriage and illegitimate children on the range-farm frontier in Eaton's "Cattle" and Richter's "Sea of grass" -- 3. Harmonious fields and wild prairies: Transcendental pastoralism in Willa Cather's Nebraska novels -- 4. Patches of green and fields of dust: Dust Bowl pastoralism in Olsen's "Yonnondio" and Manfred's "The golden bowl" -- 5. Healing the wounds of history: Buffalo commons pastoralism in Proulx's "That old ace in the hole" and King's "Truth and bright water" -- Epilogue: Pastoral art and the beautiful
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American fiction-- Great Plains-- History and criticism
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Pastoral literature, American-- History and criticism
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Place (Philosophy) in literature
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Great Plains, In literature
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| Dewey Classification
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813.009/3278
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PS274.C45 2010
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| Added Entry
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Franklin, Wayne
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