West of the American dream : an encounter with Texas
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PS266.T4 C47 2001
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PS266.T4 C47 2001
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LC Subjects
American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
American poetry -- Texas -- History and criticism.
Christensen, Paul, -- 1943- -- Homes and haunts -- Texas.
English teachers -- Texas -- Biography.
Gordone, Charles.
Miller, Vassar.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Sánchez, Ricardo, -- 1941-1995.
Texas -- In literature.
Texas -- Intellectual life.
American poetry -- Texas -- History and criticism.
Christensen, Paul, -- 1943- -- Homes and haunts -- Texas.
English teachers -- Texas -- Biography.
Gordone, Charles.
Miller, Vassar.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Sánchez, Ricardo, -- 1941-1995.
Texas -- In literature.
Texas -- Intellectual life.
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Book
Physical Desc
xv, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-325) and index.
Description
"Like many a pioneer exiting the eastern forests, Paul Christensen felt the strangeness of an alien landscape when he first arrived in Texas in 1974. Schooled in the cool colors of life and poetry in the urban East, he approached his new career in the Southwest with missionary zeal and purpose: to discover the land and the kind of people and poetry it produced."
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"West of the American Dream is a multifaceted account of the search. Christensen shares his feelings of culture shock in east-central Texas as he meets the cowboy version of the blue-collar Texan and his Mexican American neighbours. He introduces readers to the convoluted history of poetry in Texas, a tradition, started by women, that shifted from a focus on the land to the quotidian habits of urban living. Using a unique dissection of the public ritual of a poetry reading, Christensen assesses the origins of modern poetry, the value of imagination in modernist and postmodernist verse, and what Texas poets achieved and how their work evolved after World War II."--Jacket.
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SACFinal081324
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Christensen, P. (2001). West of the American dream: an encounter with Texas . Texas A & M University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Christensen, Paul, 1943-. 2001. West of the American Dream: An Encounter With Texas. College Station: Texas A & M University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Christensen, Paul, 1943-. West of the American Dream: An Encounter With Texas College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2001.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Christensen, P. (2001). West of the american dream: an encounter with texas. College Station: Texas A & M University Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Christensen, Paul. West of the American Dream: An Encounter With Texas Texas A & M University Press, 2001.
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