Description: Further DetailsTitle: Landscapes with FiguresCondition: NewSubtitle: The Nonfiction of PlaceISBN-10: 0803259832EAN: 9780803259836ISBN: 9780803259836Publisher: Bison BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/01/2007Description: For some, a sense of place is about travel, about plunging oneself into new settings. For others, it is about being—and knowing—home. This book is a collection of essays, memoirs, nature writing, and travel narratives that document the impact this sense of place has on writing. In locations as familiar as Cape Cod or Mesa Verde and as exotic as Kraków or Kyrgyzstan, thirteen accomplished writers of contemporary creative nonfiction share some of their most memorable work, disclosing how place alters our perception and influences our insight. Taking readers to deserts and forests, islands and mountains, Landscapes with Figures is an encounter not only with places but also with writers themselves. Each contribution is accompanied by an author's commentary that discusses the relationship to place in his or her writing. The authors reveal the connections they feel to the places they write about, the role that place plays in the choices they make in relating their experiences, and the strategies and work habits that produce such writing. This compilation is at once a wide-ranging anthology of the nonfiction of place for the armchair traveler and a book about writing for those who aspire to understand and practice the craft, carrying with it the invitation to reflect on one’s own special places.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 408gContributor: Robert Root (Edited by), Robert Root (Introduction by)Author: Robert RootGenre: Literary CriticismRelease Year: 2007 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Landscapes with Figures
Title: Landscapes with Figures
Subtitle: The Nonfiction of Place
ISBN-10: 0803259832
EAN: 9780803259836
ISBN: 9780803259836
Release Date: 04/01/2007
Release Year: 2007
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Robert Root (Introduction by)
Book Title: Landscapes with Figures : the Nonfiction of Place
Number of Pages: 294 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Topic: General, American / General, Essays & Travelogues, Essays
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Literary Criticism, Travel, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Author: Robert Root
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
