Coming into McPhee country : John McPhee and the art of literary nonfiction / edited by O. Alan Weltzien and Susan N. Maher.

Other author Weltzien, O. Alan (Oliver Alan)
Other author Maher, Susan Naramore.
Format Book
Publication InfoSalt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©2003.
Descriptionvii, 326 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
McPhee, John A.--Literary art.
Prose literature--Technique.
Wilderness areas in literature.
Environmental protection in literature.

Contents Introducing John McPhee / William Howarth -- "The size and shape of the canvas": an interview with John McPhee / Jared Haynes -- Pieces and the frame: McPhee and portraiture / Barbara Lounsberry -- "Essence of writer": John McPhee's early training / Norman Sims -- John McPhee and the question of environmental advocacy / O. Alan Weltzien -- In the American grain: John McPhee's Coming into the country / Michael Pearson -- Giving good reasons: environmental appeals in the nonfiction of John McPhee / Brian Turner -- "In a lifetime of descending rivers": the art and argument of John McPhee's "River essays" / Theodore C. Humphrey -- A plate tectonics of language: geology as a vernacular science / Rick Van Noy -- John McPhee's Annals of the former world: geology, culture, and a fountain of metaphor / Barbara Stevens -- Traveling in social spaces: John McPhee's dichotomies in Levels of the game and "In search of Marvin Gardens" / Meta G. Carstarphen -- John McPhee balances the act / Kathy Smith - "Academic air": teaching The control of nature / Daniel J. Philippon -- "Pentimento in the hide": cracking code with John McPhee / Susan Naramore Maher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002152320
ISBN0874807468 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS3563.C38875 Z64 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold