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Author Ryden, Kent C., 1959-

Title Sum of the parts [electronic resource] : the mathematics and politics of region, place, and writing / by Kent C. Ryden ; foreword by Wayne Franklin.

Imprint Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2011.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xv, 164 p.
Series American land and life series
American land and life series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Preface -- Let S = meaningful space: the mathematics of region and place -- Sets and unsettlement: region, power, and resistance in New England writing -- An incompleteness theorem of region: Stegner and the American West -- Faulkner and the American South -- Prime real estate: the Midwest, history, and regional identity -- Epilogue: null set-ecological regions and cultural regions.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Regionalism in literature.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Regionalism -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Franklin, Wayne.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781587299872 (pbk : alk. paper)
1587299879 (pbk : alk. paper)
1587299887 (electronic bk.)
9781587299889 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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