On Sacred Ground: The Spirit of Place in Pacific Northwest Literature

by Nicholas O'Connell

Book Overview

On Sacred Ground explores the literature of the Northwest, the area that extends from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains, and from the forty-ninth parallel to the Siskiyou Mountains. The Northwest exhibits astonishing geographical diversity and yet the entire bioregion shares a similarity of climate, flora, and fauna.

For Nicholas O'Connell, the effects of nature on everyday Northwest life carry over to the region's literature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295983469
• ISBN13: 9780295983462
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher