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Informationen zum Autor Timothy R. Mahoney is a professor of history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and project administrator of the Plains Humanities Alliance. He is the author of Provincial Lives: Middle-Class Experience in the Antebellum Middle West and River Towns in the Great West: The Structure of Provincial Urbanization in the American Midwest, 1820-1870. Wendy J. Katz is an associate professor of art history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the author of Regionalism and Reform: Art and Class Formation in Antebellum Cincinnati. Contributors include Ginette Aley, Stephen C. Behrendt, Mark Busby, Cheryll Glotfelty, Barbara Handy-Marchello, Kurt E. Kinbacher, Patrick Lee Lucas, Larry W. Moore, Annie Proulx, Guy Reynolds, Mark A. Robison, Michael Saffle, William Slaymaker, Maggie Valentine, Edward Watts, and Nicolas S. Witschi. Klappentext Timothy R. Mahoney is a professor of history at the University of Nebraska¿Lincoln and project administrator of the Plains Humanities Alliance. He is the author of Provincial Lives: Middle-Class Experience in the Antebellum Middle West and River Towns in the Great West: The Structure of Provincial Urbanization in the American Midwest, 1820¿1870. ¿Wendy J. Katz is an associate professor of art history at the University of Nebraska¿Lincoln. She is the author of Regionalism and Reform: Art and Class Formation in Antebellum Cincinnati.¿Contributors include Ginette Aley, Stephen C. Behrendt, Mark Busby, Cheryll Glotfelty, Barbara Handy-Marchello, Kurt E. Kinbacher, Patrick Lee Lucas, Larry W. Moore, Annie Proulx, Guy Reynolds, Mark A. Robison, Michael Saffle, William Slaymaker, Maggie Valentine, Edward Watts, and Nicolas S. Witschi. Zusammenfassung Although the framework of regionalist studies may seem to be crumbling under the weight of increasing globalization! this collection of seventeen essays makes clear that cultivating regionalism lies at the centre of the humanist endeavour. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Introduction: Regionalism and the Humanities: Decline or Revival? Wendy J. Katz and Timothy R. Mahoney Part One. Sensing Place: The Authority of Nature1. Dangerous Ground: Landscape in American Fiction Annie Proulx2. The Ec(h)ological Conscience: Reflections on the Nature of Human Presence in Great Plains Environmental Writing William Slaymaker3. "I Don't Know, but I Ain't Lost": Defining the Southwest Mark Busby4. A Border Runs through It: Looking at Regionalism through Architecture in the Southwest Maggie Valentine Part Two. Constructing Place: The Possibility of Local Representation5. Willa Cather's Case: Region and Reputation Guy Reynolds6. Dwelling within the Place Worth Seeking: The Midwest, Regional Identity, and Internal Histories Ginette Aley7. Gendered Boosterism: The "Doctor's Wife" Writes from the New Northwest Barbara Handy-Marchello8. "With Powder Smoke and Profanity": Genre Conventions, Regional Identity, and the Palisade Gunfight Hoax Nicolas S. Witschi Part Three. Place Is a Relationship: Regionalism, Nationalism, and Transnationalism9. Regionalism and the Realities of Naming Stephen C. Behrendt10. The Midwest as a Colony: Transnational Regionalism Edward Watts11. Transcending the Urban-Rural Divide: Willa Cather's Thea Kronborg Goes to Chicago Mark A. Robison12. Preaching the Gospel of Higher Vaudeville: Vachel Lindsay's Poetic Journey from Springfield, Illinois, across America, and Back Larry W. Moore Part Four. Place is Political: Creating Regional Cultures13. State Pieces in the U.S. Regions Puzzle: Nevada and the Problem of Fit Cheryll Glotfelty14. Imagining Place: Nebraska Territory, 18541867 Kurt E. Kinbacher15. Architecture Crosses Region: Building in the Grecian Style Patrick Lee Lucas16. Societies and Soirees: Musical Life and Regional Character in the South Atlantic Michael Saffle List of Contributors Index ...
