Great Plains Literature - 9780803290709

Great Plains LiteratureAuthor(s): Linda Ray Pratt\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: Bison Books\nISBN-13: 9780803290709, 978-0803290709\nSynopsis\nGreat Plains Literature is an exploration of influential literature of the Plains region in both the United States and Canada. It reflects the destruction of the culture of the first people who lived there, the attempts of settlers to conquer the land, and the tragic losses and successes of settlement that are still shaping our modern world of environmental threat, ethnic and racial hostilities, declining rural communities, and growing urban populations.\n\n In addition to featuring writers such as Ole Edvart Rlvaag, Willa Cather, and John Neihardt, who addressthe epic stories of the past, Great Plains Literature also includes contemporary writers such as Louis Erdrich, Kent Haruf, Ted Kooser, Rilla Askew, N. Scott Momaday, and Margaret Laurence. This literature encompasses a history of co.