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Virtues of Renewal
Wendell Berry's Sustainable Forms
In Virtues of Renewal: Wendell Berry's Sustainable Forms, Jeffrey Bilbro combines textual analysis and cultural criticism to explain how Berry's literary forms encourage readers to practice virtues of renewal. While the written word alone cannot enact change, Bilbro asserts that Berry's poetry, essays, and fiction can inspire people to, as Berry writes, "practice resurrection." Bilbro examines the distinct, yet symbiotic, features of these three genres, demonstrating the importance of the humanities in supporting tenable economies. He uses Berry's pieces to suggest the need for more robust language for discussing conservation, ecology, and the natural—and regenerative—process of death. Bilbro additionally translates Berry's literature to a wider audience, putting him in conversation with philosophers and theologians such as Ivan Illich, Willie Jennings, Charles Taylor, and Augustine.
The lessons that Berry and his work have to offer are not only for those interested in cultivating the land, but also for those who cultivate their communities and live mindfully. In short, these lessons are pertinent to all who are willing to make an effort to live the examined life. Such formative work is not dramatic or quick, but it can foster the deep and lasting transformation necessary to develop a more sustainable culture and economy.
About the Author
Reviews
"Focusing on seven virtues in particular, Bilbro successfully demonstrates not only how these are articulated in Berry's works but also how Berry's literary forms model the virtues themselves. Wide-ranging in its references to Berry, to other literature and literary theory, and to a host of contemporary concerns, the book should be of great value to all readers of Berry as well as to those interested in the rediscovery of the role of the virtues in our moral language."—Fritz Oehlschlaeger, author of The Achievement of Wendell Berry: The Hard History of Love
"Understanding Wendell Berry's work rightly and appreciating it fully require exactly the kind of intellectual and imaginative agility we get from Bilbro, who is clearly one of our best guides to this nation's most important living writer. Virtues of Renewal is a plain-speaking book of depth, breadth, and erudition."—Jason Peters, editor of Wendell Berry: Life and Work
"Virtues of Renewal works at several levels. It is a well-written and well-researched book on a contemporary author. Bilbro does his literary criticism well. The book is also a call to rethink ecological stewardship and whole-life stewardship through the literature being analyzed, so it has a heavy dose of practical ethics. Most significantly, the book is a delight to read because the prose is carefully crafted and it points to something beyond its own pages. Bilbro is a fine writer and this latest volume is no exception."—Ethics & Culture
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Other Titles by Jeffrey Bilbro
Wendell Berry and Higher Education
Other Titles from Culture Of The Land
Growing Stories from India
Fields of Learning
Living Sustainably
Other Titles in LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory
Bergson, Eliot, and American Literature
Dorian Unbound
The Academic Avant-Garde