Landscapes with Figures: The Nonfiction of Place - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert Root (Editor), Robert Root (Introduction by)Publish date:2007-04-01Pages:294
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803259836ISBN-10:803259832UPC:9780803259836Book Category:Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Essays, Canadian, AmericanSize:8.47 x 5.88 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SCMZVZQFKP
Landscapes with Figures: The Nonfiction of Place
For some, a sense of place is about travel, about plunging oneself into new settings. For others, it is about being--and knowing--home. This book is a collection of essays, memoirs, nature writing, and travel narratives that document the impact this sense of place has on writing. In locations as familiar as Cape Cod or Mesa Verde and as exotic as Kraków or Kyrgyzstan, thirteen accomplished...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803259836ISBN-10:803259832UPC:9780803259836Book Category:Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Essays, Canadian, AmericanSize:8.47 x 5.88 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SCMZVZQFKP
Robert Root, who helps locate the nonfiction of place in his introduction to Landscapes with Figures, has written or edited a dozen books, including several on the teaching of writing and the composing of nonfiction. He is also the author of Recovering Ruth: A Biographer's Tale (Nebraska 2003). Contributors: Kim Barnes on changing terrain in Idaho; Alison Hawthorne Deming on the territory of...
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