Loren Eiseley: Commentary, Biography, and Remembrance
Born, raised, and educated in Lincoln, Nebraska, Loren Eiseley (1907–77) was a highly respected writer and poet best known for explaining complex scientific concepts in poems easily read and understood by the general public. Much of his work covered anthropology, ecology, and human evolution, topics in which Eiseley himself was extensively educated. Loren Eiseley collects essays and remembrances of his work by friends and academics. Throughout this volume, Eiseley is praised as a brilliant...
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Born, raised, and educated in Lincoln, Nebraska, Loren Eiseley (1907–77) was a highly respected writer and poet best known for explaining complex scientific concepts in poems easily read and understood by the general public. Much of his work covered anthropology, ecology, and human evolution, topics in which Eiseley himself was extensively educated. Loren Eiseley collects essays and remembrances of his work by friends and academics. Throughout this volume, Eiseley is praised as a brilliant thinker, accomplished writer, and esteemed man of science who drew inspiration from his midwestern upbringing and worked to bring science into the mainstream at a time when its understanding was restricted largely to those working directly in the field. Decades after his departure from the world he sought to understand, Eiseley is lauded for beautifully joining the worlds of science and literature.
Introduction Scott Slovic viiLoren Eiseley 1907-1977 Howard Nemerov 5Loren Eiseley in Lincoln: Two Poems and a Remembrance Gale E. Christianson 9Loren Eiseley, Student of Time Erleen J. Christensen 28The Literary Achievement of Loren Eiseley E. Fred Carlisle 38An Artist of Autumn Peter Heidtmann 46Loren Eiseley and the State of Grace Ben Howard 57Eiseley and Enchantment Caroline E. Werkley 60Loren Eiseley and the Human Condition Naomi Brill 64
