Wisconsin Literary Luminaries: From Laura Ingalls Wilder to Ayad Akhtar (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781540215437)

From the humble Ingalls family cabin in the woods to Ayad Akhtar s multicultural conflicts, the Badger State s stories and imagery have long inspired. Explore how Aldo Leopold and Lorine Niedecker drew on their close observations of the natural world. Contrast the distinct novels that Jane Hamilton and Larry Watson set on Wisconsin apple orchards. Delve into Thornton Wilder s enduringly popular Our Town and the wild fiction of Ellen Raskin and Cordwainer Smith, who wrote like no one else. Join Jim Higgins for a detailed account of ten notable Wisconsin writers that blends history, literary criticism and fact."

Author: Jim Higgins
ISBN-10: 1540215431
ISBN-13: 9781540215437
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 04/03/2017
Pages: 130
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d