Literary Nevada
Subtitle: writings from the Silver State
By: edited by Cheryll Glotfelty.
Contributors: Glotfelty, Cheryll.
Series: Western literature series
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Reno
Language: eng
Number of pages: 831
ISBN-13: 9780874177558; 9780874177596
Subjects: Nevada -- Literary collections; American literature -- Nevada
Genres: Literary collections.
Description: "Literary Nevada is the first comprehensive literary anthology of Nevada. It contains over 200 selections ranging from traditional Native American tales, explorers' and emigrants' accounts, and writing from the Comstock Lode and other mining boomtowns, as well as compelling fiction, poetry, and essays from throughout the state's history. There is work by well-known Nevada writers such as Sarah Winnemucca, Mark Twain, and Robert Laxalt, by established and emerging writers from all parts of the state, and by some nonresident authors whose work illuminates important facets of the Nevada experience. The book includes cowboy poetry, travel writing, accounts of nuclear Nevada, narratives about rural life and urban life in Las Vegas and Reno, poetry and fiction from the state's best contemporary writers, and accounts of the special beauty of wild Nevada's mountains and deserts. Editor Cheryll Glotfelty provides insightful introductions to each section and author. The book also includes a photo gallery of selected Nevada writers and a generous list of suggested further readings."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.