Haunted Landscapes: The Ecology of Story in John Graves’ Texas

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE. Talking with John Graves
6. The Writer John Graves Symposium 29
7. An Interview with John Graves 51
8. PART TWO. Friends
9. John 71
10. John Graves: A Tribute 75
11. John Graves Tribute, November 11, 2000 83
12. John Graves: From Prairie Gothic: The Story of a West Texas Family 85
13. Texas Past, Texas Present 91
14. The Golden Age of John Graves 99
15. PART THREE. Works
16. Haunted Landscapes: The Ecology of Story in John Graves’ Texas 107
17. Goodbye to a River and American: Environmental Literature 127
18. Two Approaches to Ecology and Gender in Goodbye to a River 139
19. Boys’ Stories: Beverly Lowry, John Graves, and the (Male) Texas Literary Tradition in The Perfect Sonya 149
20. Of Dachshunds and Dashes: Subjects and Style in E. B. White and John Graves 163
21. Brazos Bildungsroman: John Graves and Texas in Transition in Goodbye to a River 177
22. Contested Landscapes: John Graves’ Meditations on Hard Scrabble Texas History and Ecosystems 191
23. Kindred Spirits: John Graves and Texas Monthly 205
24. Auroras of Autumn: John Graves’ Valedictions 225
25. Bibliography 237
26. Notes on Contributors 251
27. Index 257