Region, Nature, Frontiers : Proceedings from the 11th International Region and Nation Literature Association Conference.
Title:
Region, Nature, Frontiers : Proceedings from the 11th International Region and Nation Literature Association Conference.
Author:
Potts, Donna L.
ISBN:
9781443812092
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (219 pages)
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART I -- SCOTS AMONG THE INDIANS -- BUFFALOS, BEES, AND PRAIRIE DOGS -- PART II -- LOCATING THE NONFICTION OF PLACE -- CAÑONICITY -- GHOSTS -- PART III -- SEAMUS HEANEY & THE POLITICAL -- THE FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE IN BRIAN FRIEL'S TRANSLATIONS -- PART IV -- EMBRACING CHAOS -- DRAWING THE BOUNDARIES -- TANAMI DESERT EMBODIMENT -- PART V -- SELF-SACRIFICING LOVE IN FICTION INTERPRETED VIA THE FOUR LOVES -- MARY LAVIN'S "SARAH" -- (C)OVERT EROTICS OF IRISHNESS -- PART VI -- WHAT FRONTIERS? -- AN INDISTINCT IDENTITY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
Abstract:
The book is a collection of sixteen essays on issues of regional and national identities and perceptions in literature ranging from South Africa to the United States. Discussions include the American frontier, the relationship between non-fiction and place, linguistic and postcolonial boundaries.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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