How did early American writers think about the spaces around them? Today on Access Utah we’re talking about regions—imagined politically, economically, racially, and figuratively—and the roles these regions played in the formation of American communities, both real and imagined.
The book is 'Mapping Region in Early American Writing,' published by University of Georgia Press. We’ll talk with the editors about these important mental mappings and cartographies, and how diverse populations imagined themselves, their communities, and their nation as occupying the American landscape.
Today on the program we're joined by Keri Holt, associate professor of English at Utah State University; Edward Watts, professor of English at Michigan State University; and John Funchion, associate professor of English and American studies at the University of Miami.
