| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 349 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Culture of the land: a series in the new agrarianism |
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Culture of the land
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| Contents |
Ain't they the berries! / Ed McClanahan -- Wendell Berry on war and peace ; or, Port William versus the empire / Bill Kauffman -- Words addressed to our condition exactly / Scott Russell Sanders -- The best noise in the world / Donald Hall -- Wendell Berry's political vision / Kimberly K. Smith -- How Wendell Berry single-handedly preserved three hundred years of agrarian wisdom / David Kline -- Memory and hope in the world of Port William / John Leax -- Politics, nature, and value in Wendell Berry's "art of the commonplace" / Eric Trethewey -- Berry Britannica / John Lane -- Wendell Berry and the twentieth-century agrarian "series" / Allan Carlson -- A citizen of the real world / Bill McKibben -- Sexuality and the sacramental imagination : it all turns on affection / P. Travis Kroeker -- A practical education : Wendell Berry the professor / Morris A. Grubbs -- An economy of gratitude / Norman Wirzba -- Letters from a humble radical / Wes Jackson -- Wendell Berry and the limits of populism / Erich T. Freyfogle -- Hemingway's Nick and Wendell Berry's art / David Crowe -- At his desk as on his land / Hayden Carruth -- Wendell Berry and the traditionalist critique of meritocracy / Jeremy Beer -- Looking the technological gift horse in the mouth / Sven Birkerts -- Wendell Berry : agrarian artist / Gene Logsdon -- Education, heresy, and the "deadly disease of the world" / Jason Peters -- Wendell's window and the wind's eye / James Baker Hall -- The art of buying nothing / Barbara Kingsolver -- Fidelity / Katherine Dalton -- Wendell Berry and the alternative tradition in American political thought / Patrick J. Deneen -- A long shelf / Jack Shoemaker -- Afterword / George Core |
| Summary |
Essayist, social critic, poet, "mad farmer," novelist, teacher, and prophet: Wendell Berry has been called many things, but the broad sweep of his contemporary relevance and influence defies simple labels. With his unique perspective and far-reaching vision, Berry poses complex questions regarding humankind and our relationship to the land, offering simple but profound solutions. Wendell Berry: Life and Work examines this wise and original thinker, appraising his written work and exploring his influence as an activist and artist. Jason Peters assembles a broad variety of writers to illuminate |
| Notes |
Paperback was printed in 2010 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-334) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Berry, Wendell, 1934-
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| SUBJECT |
Berry, Wendell, 1934- fast |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Peters, Jason, 1963-
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| LC no. |
2007005962 |
| ISBN |
9780813172538 |
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0813172535 |
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9780813137650 |
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0813137659 |
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9786612976285 |
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6612976284 |
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1282976281 |
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9781282976283 |
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