TY - BOOK ID - 23171400 TI - The midwestern pastoral : place and landscape in literature of the American heartland PY - 2006 SN - 082141660X 9780821416600 0821442015 9780821442012 PB - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Landscape in literature KW - Landscapes in literature KW - Landschap in de literatuur KW - Landschappen in de literatuur KW - Lieu (Philosophie) dans la littérature KW - Middle West dans la littérature KW - Middle West in de literatuur KW - Middle West in literature KW - Paysage dans la littérature KW - Paysages dans la littérature KW - Plaats (Filosofie) in de literatuur KW - Place (Philosophy) in literature KW - American literature KW - Authors, American KW - Pastoral literature, American KW - American authors KW - English literature KW - Agrarians (Group of writers) KW - History and criticism KW - Homes and haunts KW - Middle West KW - American Midwest KW - Central States KW - Central States Region KW - Midwest KW - Midwest States KW - Midwestern States KW - North Central Region KW - North Central States KW - Mississippi River Valley KW - Northwest, Old KW - In literature. KW - Intellectual life. KW - Authors [American ] KW - Intellectual life KW - Pastoral literature [American ] KW - Cather, Willa Sibert KW - Criticism and interpretation KW - Leopold, Aldo KW - Roethke, Theodore KW - Wright, James Arlington KW - Harrison, Jim KW - Place (Philosophy) in literature. KW - Landscapes in literature. KW - History and criticism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:23171400 AB - The midwestern pastoral is a literary tradition of place and rural experience that celebrates an attachment to land that is mystical as well as practical, based on historical and scientific knowledge as well as personal experience. It is exemplified in the poetry, fiction, and essays of writers who express an informed love of the nature and regional landscapes of the Midwest. Drawing on recent studies in cultural geography, environmental history, and mythology, as well as literary criticism, The Midwestern Pastoral: Place and Landscape in Literature of the American Heartland relates Midweste ER -