| What Kansas Means to Me: Twentieth-Century Writers on the Sunflower State Revised Edition Contributor(s): Averill, Thomas Fox (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0700607102 ISBN-13: 9780700607105 Publisher: University Press of Kansas OUR PRICE: $24.74 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1990 Annotation: A reflective journey into Kansas not only as a place but also as a state of mind. The seventeen writers' views span from 1910 to the present. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 90041688 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.06" W x 7.52" (0.65 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Plains - Geographic Orientation - Kansas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: To understand why people say 'Dear old Kansas is to understand that Kansas is no mere geographical expression, but a 'state of mind, ' a religion, and a philosophy in one, writes historian Carl Becker in the classic 1910 essay that leads off this volume. Like Becker, the twelve other essayists and four poets try to map the spiritual topography of Kansas and explain why this particular patch of prairie is so dear. They share the conviction that Kansas represents something powerful, something significant, something noteworthy. The seventeen selections are put into perspective by Thomas Fox Averill's headnotes and introductory essay, which makes its own contribution to our understanding of Kansas. The essays and poems (all previously published except for the last essay) are arranged chronologically, from the earliest (1910) to the most recent (1990). Illustrated with woodcuts from the Prairie Print-makers. |