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On sacred ground : the spirit of place in Pacific Northwest literature / Nicholas O'Connell.

Title
On sacred ground : the spirit of place in Pacific Northwest literature / Nicholas O'Connell.
Author
O'Connell, Nicholas.

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xx, 204 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
"Tracing the history of Pacific Northwest literary works - from Native American myths to the accounts of explorers and settlers, the effusions of the romantics, the sharply etched stories of the realists, the mystic visions of Northwest poets, and the contemporary explosion of Northwest poetry and prose - Nicholas O'Connell shows that the most important contribution of Northwest writers to American literature is their articulation of a more spiritual human relationship with landscape. Pacific Northwest writers and storytellers see the Northwest not just as a source of material wealth but as a spiritual homeland, a place to lead a rich and fulfilling life within the whole context of creation. And just as the relationship between people and place serves as the unifying feature of Northwest literature, so also does literature possess a perhaps unique ability to transform a landscape into a sacred place."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Local color in literature
  • Northwest, Pacific > In literature
  • Northwest, Pacific > Intellectual life
  • Regionalism in literature
ISBN
0295983469 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2003010732
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries