Seven ways of looking at the Great Plains literary landscape.

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Author	Quantic, Diane D.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Kathleen Norris's observation encapsulates a common observation among Great Plains residents: to see what is there in such an expanse of land and sky, the observer must learn to look closely. Human interaction with the landscape is an important theme in Great Plains literature: how one lives on the land determines the quality of life. Native tribes lived lightly on the prairies and plains. White settlers transformed the rich prairie soil into neatly delineated farms. Today, the edges of cities expand, turning cropland into smaller and smaller parcels for homes and businesses. All of these circumstances are reflected in one way or another in how writers see the region. 2 "Seeing" is not simply the act oflooking at a scene. Edward Casey, in his study Representing Place, points out that even painters did not focus on the prospect, or view, of the landscape until the nineteenth century} America's sense of landscape has been shaped by historical forces, in particular the pastoral tradition that was at its height during the Romantic period in the early nineteenth century when the nation was beginning to define its creative principles. The pastoral equates nature with perfect harmony, the sublime. America's early landscape painters created this harmony with lush, wild landscapes, burdened with trees, 'l J 1 'j 'j ~ I; ,~
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