Diminishing Returns: Epic Motifs in John Ehle's Mountain Novels.
The article focuses on mountain novels of John Ehle imagine development of western North Carolina from the end of the 18th century to the early 1980s. It mentions he shows that his characters, like the mountains they inhabit, are multifaceted, dynamic, and changing rather than static and reimagines...
| Publicado en: | Appalachian Journal Vol. 46; no. 3/4; pp. 244 - 261 |
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University of North Carolina Press
Spring/Summer2019
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| Sumario: | The article focuses on mountain novels of John Ehle imagine development of western North Carolina from the end of the 18th century to the early 1980s. It mentions he shows that his characters, like the mountains they inhabit, are multifaceted, dynamic, and changing rather than static and reimagines the first arrival of American settlers to a broad river valley in the mountains of western North Carolina. It also mentions "The Land Breakers" with elements of wilderness and behavioral inheritance. |
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