Coyote at large : humor in American nature writing /
Peiffer, Katrina Schimmoeller,1969-
Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press,
c2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index.
Laying the foundation for humor in nature writing -- Coyote storyteller, Simon Ortiz -- Edward Abbey: laughing out of place -- Coyote magician, Ursula Le Guin -- Louise Erdrich: seeking the best medicine -- Coyote newcomer, Sally Carrighar -- Wendell Berry: maintaining household jokes -- Coyote seer, Gary Snyder -- Rachel Carson: upholding the comedy of survival -- Making sense of humor in North America.
American literature
Nature in literature.
Natural history
American wit and humor
Comic, The, in literature.
Tricksters in literature.