Loren Eiseley : commentary, biography, and remembrance
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Loren Eiseley : commentary, biography, and remembrance
University of Nebraska Press, c2008
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"The essays in this volume originally appeared in Prairie Schooner 61, no. 3."--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. xx-xxi)
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Born, raised, and educated in Lincoln, Nebraska, Loren Eiseley (1907-77) was a highly respected writer and poet best known for explaining complex scientific concepts in poems easily read and understood by the general public. Much of his work covered anthropology, ecology, and human evolution, topics in which Eiseley himself was extensively educated. Loren Eiseley collects essays and remembrances of his work by friends and academics. Throughout this volume, Eiseley is praised as a brilliant thinker, accomplished writer, and esteemed man of science who drew inspiration from his midwestern upbringing and worked to bring science into the mainstream at a time when its understanding was restricted largely to those working directly in the field. Decades after his departure from the world he sought to understand, Eiseley is lauded for beautifully joining the worlds of science and literature.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Scott SlovicLoren Eiseley 1907-1977 - Howard NemerovLoren Eiseley in Lincoln: Two Poems and a Remembrance - Gale E. ChristiansonLoren Eiseley, Student of Time - Erleen J. ChristensenThe Literary Achievement of Loren Eiseley - E. Fred CarlisleAn Artist of Autumn - Peter HeidtmannLoren Eiseley and the State of Grace - Ben HowardEiseley and Enchantment - Caroline E. WerkleyLoren Eiseley and the Human Condition - Naomi Brill
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