02-19-2009, 03:36 PM | #1 |
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SU, you could have done better
but still a nice effort by Egan to complain about the lack of respect given Stegner.
http://egan.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0...ers-complaint/
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why Utah disowned him, because if you're an artist and don't use your artistry to contribute to the myth, if you don't propagandize the de facto theocracy, you're an enemy. Well, Utah has forfeited Wallace Stegner, and it's a damn shame. Thanks for the link. That was a beautiful tribute.
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If the hope is that someday westerners will create a society to match the geography, then a related hope is that Utah will create a culture that appreciates the authors that turned the mountains and red rock into words, like Stegner and Abbey.
There are a few "rebels" at BYU: my Utah history professor assigned us only Abbey and Stegner. You're right about how Stegner wrote about Mormon history: with dignity, admiration, and artistry. Why can't we embrace him? Oh yeah, that's right: we fear honesty.
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the reason why Stegner is so unknown, I would venture, is that he is probably rarely read in high school.
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It's a different group Egan is talking about.
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For example, I feel pretty comfortable talking about Willa Cather. Why? Because I had a high school teacher who forced us to read two of her books. |
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