LEADER 04512nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910782607903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-95857-3 010 $a9786611958572 010 $a0-8032-2046-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000720174 035 $a(EBL)452128 035 $a(OCoLC)311601476 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000234889 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11208131 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234889 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10242865 035 $a(PQKB)10146132 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse11894 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL452128 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312840 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL195857 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC452128 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000720174 100 $a20080703d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aRegionalism and the humanities$b[electronic resource] /$fedited and with an introduction by Timothy R. Mahoney and Wendy J. Katz 210 $aLincoln $cUniversity of Nebraska Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (372 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-7634-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Regionalism and the humanities : decline or revival? / Wendy J. Katz & Timothy R. Mahoney -- Sensing place : the authority of nature -- Dangerous ground : landscape in American fiction / Annie Proulx -- The ec(h)ological conscience : reflections on the nature of human presence in Great Plains environmental writing / William Slaymaker -- "I don't know, but I ain't lost" : defining the Southwest / Mark Busby -- A border runs through it : looking at regionalism through architecture in the Southwest / Maggie Valentine -- Constructing place : the possibility of local representation -- Willa Cather's case : region and reputation / Guy Reynolds -- Dwelling within the place worth seeking : the Midwest, regional identity, and internal histories / Ginette Aley -- Gendered Boosterism : the "doctor's wife" writes from the new Northwest / Barbara Handy-Marchello -- "With powder smoke and profanity" : genre conventions, regional identity, and the palisade gunfight hoax / Nicolas S. Witschi -- Place is a relationship : regionalism, nationalism, and transnationalism -- Regionalism and the realities of naming / Stephen C. Behrendt -- The Midwest as a colony : transnational regionalism / Edward Watts -- Transcending the urban-rural divide : Willa Cather's Thea Kronborg goes to Chicago / Mark A. Robison -- Preaching the Gospel of higher vaudeville : Vachel Lindsay's poetic journey from Springfield, Illinois, across America, and back / Larry W. Moore -- Place is political : creating regional cultures -- State pieces in the U.S. regions puzzle : Nevada and the problem of fit / Cheryll Glotfelty -- Imagining place : Nebraska territory, 1854-1867 / Kurt E. Kinbacher -- Architecture crosses region : building in the Grecian style / Patrick Lee Lucas -- Societies and soirees : musical life and regional character in the South Atlantic / Michael Saffle -- List of contributors -- Index. 330 $aIn the volume's inaugural essay, Annie Proulx discusses landscapes in American fiction, comments on how she constructs characters, and interprets current literary trends. Edward Watts offers a theory of region that argues for comparisons of the United States to other former colonies of Great Britain, including New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. Whether considering a writer's connection to region or the idea of place in exploring what is meant by regionalism, these essays uncover an enduring and evolving concept. Although the approaches and disciplines vary, all are framed within the fundamental 606 $aRegionalism$zUnited States 606 $aHumanities$xStudy and teaching$zUnited States 606 $aRegionalism in literature 606 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature 615 0$aRegionalism 615 0$aHumanities$xStudy and teaching 615 0$aRegionalism in literature. 615 0$aNational characteristics, American, in literature. 676 $a320.973 701 $aMahoney$b Timothy R.$f1953-$01477417 701 $aKatz$b Wendy Jean$01477418 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782607903321 996 $aRegionalism and the humanities$93692594 997 $aUNINA