The New West of Edward Abbey, Second Edition [Paperback]

Ann Ronald (Author)

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Publication Date: December 2000

The New West of Edward Abbey is the first book-length study assessing the literary career of this major contemporary American author. In her perceptive examination, Ann Ronald asserts that Edward Abbey's role as social commentator and environmental activist is complemented by his guise as a writer of romance--one who reconceives the contemporary world in order to envision a better one. In examining the philosophy behind Abbey's prose, Ronald contends that Abbey's approach is subtle as well as vociferous in calling for a properly managed society that can exist in equilibrium with the bulldozers of the modern-day world. In a new chapter, Ronald celebrates Abbey's legacy of prose and the authored persona with which he charmed his readers and recalls her own pleasures as a reader of his work. In his new afterword, Scott Slovic offers an assessment of Abbey's later works, including Hayduke Lives!, A Fool's Progress, Earth Apples, and journal selections published posthumously as Confessions of a Barbarian. The first edition of The New West of Edward Abbey helped draw the attention of an entire generation of students, teachers, and literary scholars to Abbey's achievement as a writer. The new edition will once again serve as a central resource for anyone studying Abbey.

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About the Author

Ann Ronald is a professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is the editor of Words for the Wild and the co-author of Earthtones: A Nevada Album, published by the University of Nevada Press.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press; 2 Sub edition (December 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874173574
• ISBN-13: 978-0874173574
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #742,720 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars .."A Clean Hard Edge Divides...", January 9, 2001

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This review is from: The New West of Edward Abbey, Second Edition (Paperback)

Valuable asset for adherents to late David Brower's promise to restore Glen Canyon as wild river. Read Scott Slovic's 21 page afterword...& understand that Glen canyon Dam may soon be by-passed,standing, as a concrete artfiact to man's defamation of nature. (See Cadillac Desert, late author-Reisner)