Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    On Sacred Ground: The Spirit of Place in Pacific Northwest Literature
    Unavailable
    On Sacred Ground: The Spirit of Place in Pacific Northwest Literature
    Unavailable
    On Sacred Ground: The Spirit of Place in Pacific Northwest Literature
    Ebook293 pages2 hours

    On Sacred Ground: The Spirit of Place in Pacific Northwest Literature

    By Nicholas O’Connell

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    On Sacred Ground explores the literature of the Northwest, the area that extends from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains, and from the forty-ninth parallel to the Siskiyou Mountains. The Northwest exhibits astonishing geographical diversity and yet the entire bioregion shares a similarity of climate, flora, and fauna.

    For Nicholas O’Connell, the effects of nature on everyday Northwest life carry over to the region's literature. Although Northwest writers address a number of subjects, the relationship between people and place proves the dominant one, and that has been true since the first tribes settled the region and began telling stories about it, thousands of years ago. Indeed, it is the common thread linking Chief Seattle to Theodore Roethke, Narscissa Whitman to Ursula K. Le Guin, Joaquin Miller to Ivan Doig, Marilynne Robinson to Jack London, Betty MacDonald to Gary Snyder.

    Tracing the history of Pacific Northwest literary works--from Native American myths to the accounts of explorers and settlers, the effusions of the romantics, the sharply etched stories of the realists, the mystic visions of Northwest poets, and the contemporary explosion of Northwest poetry and prose--O’Connell shows how the most important contribution of Northwest writers to American literature is their articulation of a more spiritual human relationship with landscape. Pacific Northwest writers and storytellers see the Northwest not just as a source of material wealth but as a spiritual homeland, a place to lead a rich and fulfilling life within the whole context of creation. And just as the relationship between people and place serves as the unifying feature of Northwest literature, so also does literature itself possess a perhaps unique ability to transform a landscape into a sacred place.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Washington Press
    Release dateOct 1, 2011
    ISBN9780295803418
    Unavailable
    On Sacred Ground: The Spirit of Place in Pacific Northwest Literature

    Related to On Sacred Ground

    Related ebooks

    Literary Criticism For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      The Most Political Animal

      Apr 17, 2019

      The Most Political Animal
      20 min read

    • Article

      Shi Shi Beach

      Sep 11, 2021

      Shi Shi Beach
      2 min read

    • Article

      Heard Around the West

      Oct 1, 2023

      Heard Around the West
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Little Ski Hill That Could

      Feb 1, 2023

      The Little Ski Hill That Could
      4 min read

    • Article

      Speak, Water

      Apr 1, 2021

      Speak, Water
      7 min read

    • Article

      Leave No Trace

      Apr 1, 2021

      Leave No Trace
      8 min read

    • Article

      BACK to BALI

      Dec 10, 2020

      BACK to BALI
      8 min read

    • Article

      Field Guide

      Sep 26, 2022

      Field Guide
      5 min read

    • Article

      A Wave Of Green Colonialism

      Mar 1, 2023

      A Wave Of Green Colonialism
      5 min read

    • Article

      Birding THE Rock

      Oct 8, 2022

      Birding THE Rock
      9 min read

    • Article

      Unridden Kangaroo Valley

      Sep 5, 2022

      IT IS A HUMID LATE AFTERNOON deep in Kangaroo Valley, December 2021, 160km south of Sydney. From the books I’ve read, I believe I am the first person to ride this lost track, dug in the 1880s by cedar loggers. As I progress, I notice a sudden change

      11 min read

    • Article

      Nova Scotia

      Oct 7, 2021

      Nova Scotia
      1 min read

    • Article

      Why Your Cat Doesn’t Have a Sweet Tooth: Moles don’t see, whales can’t smell, and snakes can’t hear a thing.

      Aug 14, 2014

      Humans are a self-centered lot. We take our senses for granted and generally assume that other creatures possess the same ones we do—sight, hearing, smell, taste, or more complex perceptions such as the ability to tell apart the seasons. But just lik

      5 min read

    • Article

      United They Stand

      Apr 1, 2023

      United They Stand
      5 min read

    • Article

      Sahara The Forgotten Ecosystem

      Feb 11, 2021

      Sahara The Forgotten Ecosystem
      6 min read

    • Article

      5 Trips for Exploring the Ocean

      Apr 25, 2023

      The Oceanic Society provides more than 20 snorkeling tours around the world, including a 12-day trip in Indonesia’s Raja Ampat islands. Based aboard a motored schooner, up to 10 participants travel to Batanta Island, Waigeo Island, and other spots in

      1 min read

    • Article

      The Mexican Engraver Reviving The Magical Imagery Of Chiapas

      Mar 25, 2020

      Mexico has a prolific tradition of printmaking, its defining visual characteristics having endured from pre-Hispanic times into modernity

      4 min read

    Reviews for On Sacred Ground

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words