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Letters From The Country
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Bly apologizes for being “shrill,” but these essays are hardly that. Rather, Bly has a quietly rumbling voice: though she writes candidly, and doesn’t shy away from making very specific condemnations when they’re called for, she is for the most part reasoned and loving in her criticism. Her main topic is the decay of civic culture in the “lost Swede towns” of southwestern Minnesota, and her deep affection for the people in these towns comes through in every essay. If she is critical of some of the people and institutions in these towns, it’s because she expects better of them and knows they can rise to the occasion. Indeed, her dismissive tone is reserved for the urban elites of the Twin Cities; her jokes at the expense of the small towns are gentle and tinged with love. Bly calls the bluff on many of Minnesota’s most cherished myths, particularly “Minnesota Nice.” She considers the Minnesotan tendency to avoid controversy and conflict a stultifying tendency, inimical to true civic life. She proposes intentionally conflict-laden events, where people with real, deep divisions are forced to interact about those topics. Her ideal of civic life is not a place where everyone gets along; it’s a vision of candor and conflict that leads people into creative solutions for common problems.
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ISBN:
9780816633227
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Trade Paperback
Publication date:
04/01/1999
Publisher:
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS
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Minnesota
Pages:
204
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8.50 in
Width:
5.50 in
Thickness:
.50
Series:
Minnesota
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
1999
Series Volume:
no. 7
Preface:
Carol Bly
Author:
Carol Bly
Author:
Carol Bly
Author:
Carol Bly
Subject:
Farm life
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Madison Region
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Country life -- Minnesota -- Madison region.
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Madison Region (Minn.) -
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Sociology, rural
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Biography
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Country life
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