Writing from the Center - Brossura

Sanders, Scott Russell

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0253211433 ISBN 13: 9780253211439

Casa editrice: Indiana Univ Pr, 1997

Riassunto

Winner Great Lakes Book Award, 1996

... essays of substance and beauty... they belong beside the work of Annie Dillard, Samuel Pickering, and Wendell Berry." —Library Journal

His essays are so good one is tempted to stand up and applaud after reading them." —Body Mind Spirit

How can one live a meaningful, gathered life in a world that seems broken and scattered?" That is the question Scott Sanders probes in this book. Writing from the Center is about one very fine writer’s quest for a meaningful moral life. The center he seeks and describes is geographical, emotional, artistic, and spiritual—and it is rooted in place. The geography is midwestern, the impulses are universal. Where and how do we find meaning? Where does a writer find inspiration? How can personal, artistic, family, and community needs be blended to create a harmonious life? What aids exist in such a "located" life against despair? How should a writer relate to and represent his place?

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Scott Russell Sanders is Professor of English at Indiana University, Bloomington. He has published numerous other titles—fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

Writing from the Center is about one very fine writer's quest for a meaningful and moral life. The center he seeks and describes is geographical, emotional, artistic, and spiritual - and it is rooted in place. The geography is midwestern, the impulses are universal. Where and how do we find meaning? Where does a writer find inspiration? How can personal, artistic, family, and community needs be blended to create a harmonious life? What aids exist in such a ""located"" life against despair? How should a writer relate to and represent his place? Twelve interrelated essays probe these questions from different perspectives. ""Buckeye"" examines the resonance of objects and the mysteries of relationships and death. ""Imagining the Midwest"" surveys how other writers have seen and related to their region. ""The Common Life"" makes an eloquent case for community values. ""Sanctuary"" is an eloquent and painful consideration of environmental degradation. ""Writing from the Center"" and ""Letter to a Reader"" deal with Sanders's decisions to locate in the Midwest, to know his place, and to write about it in both fiction and nonfiction.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Indiana Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0253211433
• ISBN 13: 9780253211439
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 212