Bibliograph

Wendell Berry, life and work, edited by Jason Peters

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Wendell Berry, life and work, edited by Jason Peters

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-334) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Wendell Berry

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

707092600

Responsibility statement

edited by Jason Peters

Series statement

Culture of the land

Sub title

life and work

Summary

Essayist, social critic, poet, "mad farmer," novelist, teacher, and prophet: Wendell Berry has been called many things, but the broad sweep of his contemporary relevance and influence defies simple labels. With his unique perspective and far-reaching vision, Berry poses complex questions regarding humankind and our relationship to the land, offering simple but profound solutions. Wendell Berry: Life and Work examines this wise and original thinker, appraising his written work and exploring his influence as an activist and artist. Jason Peters assembles a broad variety of writers to illuminate

Table Of Contents

Introduction / Jason Peters -- Ain't they the berries! / Ed McClanahan -- Wendell Berry on war and peace ; or, Port William versus the empire / Bill Kauffman -- Words addressed to our condition exactly / Scott Russell Sanders -- The best noise in the world / Donald Hall -- Wendell Berry's political vision / Kimberly K. Smith -- How Wendell Berry single-handedly preserved three hundred years of agrarian wisdom / David Kline -- Memory and hope in the world of Port William / John Leax -- Politics, nature, and value in Wendell Berry's "Art of the commonplace" / Eric Trethewey -- Berry Britannica / John Lane -- Wendell Berry and the twentieth-century agrarian "series" / Allan Carlson -- A citizen of the real world / Bill McKibben -- Sexuality and the sacramental imagination : it all turns on affection / P. Travis Kroeker -- A practical education : Wendell Berry the professor / Morris A. Grubbs -- An economy of gratitude / Norman Wirzba -- Letters from a humble radical / Wes Jackson -- Wendell Berry and the limits of populism / Eric T. Freyfogle -- Hemingway's Nick and Wendell Berry's art / David Crowe -- At his desk as on his land / Hayden Carruth -- Wendell Berry and the traditionalist critique of meritocracy / Jeremy Beer -- Looking the technological gift horse in the mouth / Sven Birkerts -- Wendell Berry : agrarian artist / Gene Logsdon -- Education, heresy, and the "deadly disease of the world" / Jason Peters -- Wendell's window and the wind's eye / James Baker Hall -- The art of buying nothing / Barbara Kingsolver -- Fidelity / Katherine Dalton -- Wendell Berry and the alternative tradition in American political thought / Patrick J. Deneen -- A long shelf / Jack Shoemaker -- Afterword / George Core

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