The achievement of Wendell Berry
Subtitle: the hard history of love
By: Fritz Oehlschlaeger
Series: Culture of the land; Culture of the land
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780813130071; 9780813130095
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: "Introduces the reader to Berry's general philosophy and aesthetic through careful consideration of his essays"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-312) and index.
Table of contents: title: Practices, particulars, and virtues: what mules taught Wendell Berry; title: Toward a peaceable economy for a beloved country: Berry as agrarian, citizen, and patriot; title: Against the church, for the church: Berry and christianity; title: Port William's hard history of love: the short stories; title: Remembering the names: Andy Catlett, Nathan Coulter, A world lost, Remembering, and The memory of old Jack; title: Imagining the practice of peace in a century of war: a place on earth, Hannah Coulter, and Jayber Crow; title: The art of being here: the poetry.