Award-winning author Frederick Turner examines the lives and careers of nine American authors, the locales they made famous, and the ways in which landscape played a role in the creation of their finest works. Spirit of Place is both a testament to the creative genius of nine of America's most important writers and an insightful investigation of the vital role of the physical landscape in the cultural development of the United States.
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Award-winning author Frederick Turner examines the lives and careers of nine American authors, the locales they made famous, and the ways in which landscape played a role in the creation of their finest works. Spirit of Place is both a testament to the creative genius of nine of America's most important writers and an insightful investigation of the vital role of the physical landscape in the cultural development of the United States.
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Good. Picture Shown is For Illustration Purposes Only, Please See Below For Further DetailsCONDITION-GOOD-PAPERBACK-little wear, grub marks and crease to cover, grub marks to fore-edges, pages in good condition, Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 383 p.
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First edition of the award-winning author's work on the great American novelists; from the library of Elaine Steinbeck. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Elaine Steinbeck-such a pleasure to meet & talk with-Sincerely, Frederick Turner." With the original typed transmittal letter signed by Turner and addressed to Elaine reminding her of their meeting at a party in Key West and commenting about the chapter on her late husband in the present volume. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Christine Taylor. Turner's Spirit of Place is devoted to nine great American authors, each chapter describing the artist in the place he or she made special: Mark Twain in Hannibal; William Faulkner in the Mississippi delta; and George W. Cable in New Orleans' French Quarter, testifying to the vitality of the American landscape as a continuing source of artistic and spiritual nourishment.
