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Ellis, Reuben

 
9780816523665: Stories and Stone: Writing the Ancestral Pueblo Homeland
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ISBN 10: 0816523665 ISBN 13: 9780816523665
Editorial: University of Arizona Press, 2004

Sinopsis

Chaco Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Mesa Verde, Hovenweep ...For many, such historic places evoke images of stone ruins, cliff dwellings, pot shards, and petroglyphs. For others, they recall ancestry. Remnants of the American Southwest's ancestral Puebloan peoples (sometimes known as Anasazi) have mystified and tantalized explorers, settlers, archaeologists, artists, and other visitors for centuries. And for a select group of writers, these ancient inhabitants have been a profound source of inspiration. Collected here are more than fifty selections from a striking body of literature about the prehistoric Southwest: essays, stories, travelers' reports, and poems spanning more than four centuries of visitation. They include timeless writings such as John Wesley Powell's The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Tributaries and Frank Hamilton Cushing's "Life at Zuni," plus contemporary classics ranging from Colin Fletcher's The Man Who Walked Through Time to Wallace Stegner's Beyond the Hundredth Meridian to Edward Abbey's "The Great American Desert." Reuben Ellis's introduction brings contemporary insight and continuity to the collection, and a section on "reading in place" invites readers to experience these great works amidst the landscapes that inspired them. For anyone who loves to roam ancient lands steeped in mystery, Stories and Stone is an incomparable companion that will enhance their enjoyment.

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Reuben Ellis is Associate Professor of English at Prescott College, Arizona, and editor of Beyond Borders: The Selected Essays of Mary Austin.

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Chaco Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Mesa Verde, Hovenweep . . . For many, such historic places evoke images of stone ruins, cliff dwellings, pot shards, and petroglyphs. For others, they recall ancestry. Remnants of the American Southwest's ancestral Puebloan peoples (sometimes known as Anasazi) have mystified and tantalized explorers, settlers, archaeologists, artists, and other visitors for centuries. And for a select group of writers, these ancient inhabitants have been a profound source of inspiration. Collected here are more than fifty selections from a striking body of literature about the prehistoric Southwest: essays, stories, travelers' reports, and poems spanning more than four centuries of visitation. They include timeless writings such as John Wesley Powell's "The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Tributaries" and Frank Hamilton Cushing's "Life at Zuni," plus contemporary classics ranging from Colin Fletcher's "The Man Who Walked Through Time" to Wallace Stegner's "Beyond the Hundredth Meridian" to Edward Abbey's "The Great American Desert." Reuben Ellis's introduction brings contemporary insight and continuity to the collection, and a section on "reading in place" invites readers to experience these great works amidst the landscapes that inspired them. For anyone who loves to roam ancient lands steeped in mystery, "Stories and Stone" is an incomparable companion that will enhance their enjoyment.

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Editorial
University of Arizona Press
Año de publicación
2004
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0816523665
ISBN 13 
9780816523665
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Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
244
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