CFP: Annie Proulx and the Geographical Imagination (10/1/06; collection)
CFP: Annie Proulx and the Geographical Imagination (10/1/06; =
collection)
Annie Proulx and the Geographical Imagination: =20
Rethinking Regionalism, Place, and the Local
Annie Proulx has written that her interest is in =93social and economic =
change in rural communities=94 and that she is =93something of a =
geographical determinist, believing that regional landscapes, climate =
and topography dictate local cultural traditions and kinds of work.=94 =
Proulx=92s fiction, characterized by its strong engagement of regional =
cultures and landscapes, seems an intriguing subject for critical =
reexamination of literary spaces in what often seems a postregional era. =
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