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Author Peiffer, Katrina Schimmoeller, 1969-

Title Coyote at large : humor in American nature writing / Katrina Schimmoeller Peiffer.

Imprint Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2000.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  810.936 P351c 2000    ---  Available
Description xiii, 229 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index.
Contents Laying the foundation for humor in nature writing -- Coyote storyteller, Simon Ortiz -- Edward Abbey : laughing out of place -- Coyote magician, Ursula Le Guin -- Louise Erdrich : seeking the best medicine -- Coyote newcomer, Sally Carrighar -- Wendell Berry : maintaining household jokes -- Coyote seer, Gary Snyder -- Rachel Carson : upholding the comedy of survival -- Making sense of humor in North America.
Subject American literature -- History and criticism.
Nature in literature.
Natural history -- United States -- Historiography.
American wit and humor -- History and criticism.
Comic, The, in literature.
Tricksters in literature.
ISBN 087480664X (pbk. : acid-free paper)

 
    
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