From Where We Stand by Deborah Tall
This work looks at the question of why a particular landscape moves us, and what attaches us to a particular place - our connections with places, and the loss we feel if there are no such connections. Ths author draws on personal anecdotes, historical sketches, and lyrical meditations. In addition, she interweaves the story of the tragic Seneca nation of the Iroquois, whose mythology still clings to the landscape, and the many utopians who sensed a spiritual resonance here and were inspired - such as Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon sect.
"There has been a recent spate of books nominally about finding a sense of place but more accurately described as quests for community, or for home..The best of the lot is Tall's book about putting down roots in Geneva, New York."--'Utne Reader' "If the earth could speak it would speak in the manner of this book: rambling, in circles, like hills and drifting rivers. Tall's patient writing is a pleasure."--'Buffalo News' "A worthy contribution to the growing field of landscape studies...Like Thoreau, who claimed to have travelled much in Concord, the author of 'From Where We Stand' has travelled much--widely and deeply--in the Finger Lakes."--'New York History' "In the literature of place, Deborah Tall's book stands out for its delicacy, range of learning, and refreshing frankness."--Phillip Lopate "Humanistic geography at its best."--Yi-Fu Tuan 'Published in Cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia'
Deborah Tall teaches writing and literature at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and edits the poetry journal 'Seneca Review'. She is the author of three books of poems and a memoir, 'The Island of the White Cow,' about the five years she lived in rural Ireland in the 1970s.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780801854224 |
| ISBN 10 | 0801854229 |
| Title | From Where We Stand |
| Author | Deborah Tall |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Year published | 1996-06-20 |
| Number of pages | 241 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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