Background
Sayre, Robert Freeman was born on November 6, 1933 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
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American Lives: An Anthology of Autobiographical Writing (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)
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American Lives is a groundbreaking book, the first historically organized anthology of American autobiographical writing, bringing us fifty-five voices from throughout the nation's history, from Abigail Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Jonathan Edwards, and Richard Wright to Quaker preacher Elizabeth Ashbridge, con man Stephen Burroughs, and circus impresario P.T. Barnum. Representing canonical and non-canonical writers, slaves and slave-owners, generals and conscientious objectors, scientists, immigrants, and Native Americans, the pieces in this collection make up a rich gathering of American “songs of ourselves.” Robert F. Sayre frames the selections with an overview of theory and criticism of autobiography and with commentary on the relation between history and many kinds of autobiographical texts—travel narratives, stories of captivity, diaries of sexual liberation, religious conversions, accounts of political disillusionment, and discoveries of ethnic identity. With each selection Sayre also includes an extensive headnote providing valuable critical and biographical information. A scholarly and popular landmark, American Lives is a book for general readers and for teachers, students, and every American scholar.
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(New Essays on Walden) Author: Robert F. Sayre published on (March, 2008)
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Earth Man And Star Thrower : Vachel Lindsay His Adventures, RHymes And Designs
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THE EXAMINED SELF Benjamin Franklin, Henry Adams, Henry James
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The Examined Self: Benjamin Franklin, Henry Adams, Henry James.
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Recovering The Prairie
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Americans in ever increasing numbers are rediscovering the prairie. This vast inland sea of grasses, buried for a hundred years beneath farms, cities, and suburbs, has endured not only in physical remnants but also in the memories of its settlers and their descendants, the books of prairie authors, and the work of prairie artists. As restoration ecologists and amateur prairie preservationists recover the land, this book recovers the prairie of the American imagination—past, present, and future. Beautifully illustrated with the work of sixteen contemporary prairie artists, Recovering the Prairie celebrates and examines the perspectives of artists, writers, native peoples, ecologists, and landscape architects—Willa Cather, Aldo Leopold, Jens Jensen, Alexander Gardner, and many others—who recognized the unique beauty of the prairie. And, this volume brings together people from many fields to consider the connections between aesthetics and economics, landscape and culture, politics and ethics, as illustrated by the prairie in American civilization. Contributors and artists include: Robert Adams Lee Allen Roger Brown James D. Butler Pauline Drobney Fred Easker Terry Evans Ed Folsom Lance M. Foster Harold L. Gregor Robert E. Grese Walter Hatke Harold D. Holoun Stan Hurd Gary Irving Wes Jackson Keith Jacobshagen Joni L. Kinsey Stuart Klipper Aldo Leopold Tom Lutz Curt Meine Genie H. Patrick David Plowden Rebecca Roberts Robert F. Sayre Jane E. Simonson Shelton Stromquist James R. Winn
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The Examined Self (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)
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Robert F. Sayre’s The Examined Self is a seminal work in the study of American autobiography. Its republication is a fitting initial effort in the new Wisconsin Studies in American Autobiography series, under the general editorship of William L. Andrews, Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. Sayre’s book, the first full scholarly study of American autobiography, was also the first to give full recognition to the rich potential of this American literary tradition. He studies the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin, Henry James, and Henry Adams not only in the context of American history and culture, but also against the background of the tradition of autobiography extending back to St. Augustine.
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(Recovering the Prairie) Author: Robert F. Sayre published on (November, 1999)
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- Thoreau and the American Indians (Princeton Legacy Library) (Thoreau turned toward Indians in his writing as well as i...)
- Thoreau and the American Indians (Princeton Legacy Library) (Thoreau turned toward Indians in his writing as well as i...)
Robert Freeman Sayre
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1962.
Career
Instructor English University Illinois, Urbana, 1961-1963. Fulbright lecturer Lund (Sweden) University, 1963-1965. Faculty University Iowa, 1965-1972, professor English, 1972-1998, professor emeritus, since 1998.
Director inter-professional seminars National Endowment of the Humanities, 1978, 79. Fulbright lecturer Montpellier, France, 1984. Exchange professor University Copenhagen, 1988-1989.
Member advisory board Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, 1994-2004, chair, 1996. President Johnson County Heritage Trust, 2000-2004.
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American Lives: An Anthology of Autobiographical Writing (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)
( American Lives is a groundbreaking book, the first hist...)
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Thoreau and the American Indians (Princeton Legacy Library)
( Thoreau turned toward Indians in his writing as well as...)
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Thoreau and the American Indians (Princeton Legacy Library)
( Thoreau turned toward Indians in his writing as well as...)
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Recovering The Prairie
( Americans in ever increasing numbers are rediscovering ...)
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The Examined Self (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)
( Robert F. Sayre’s The Examined Self is a seminal work i...)
- (New Essays on Walden) Author: Robert F. Sayre published on (March, 2008)
- Earth Man And Star Thrower : Vachel Lindsay His Adventures, RHymes And Designs
- THE EXAMINED SELF Benjamin Franklin, Henry Adams, Henry James
- The Examined Self: Benjamin Franklin, Henry Adams, Henry James.
- (Recovering the Prairie) Author: Robert F. Sayre published on (November, 1999)
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American Lives: An Anthology of Autobiographical Writing (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)
Membership
Member American Studies Association, Modern Language Association.
Connections
Son of Harrison M. and Mary (White) S. (divorced); children– Gordon, Nathan, Laura. Married Hutha Refle, May 7, 1988.
