{"title":"William R. Handley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam R. Handley\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the complex interplay of landscape, history, and culture with a keen eye for the transformative forces shaping the American West. His work, including \u003cem\u003eHorizons of Catastrophe in the American West\u003c\/em\u003e, delves into the environmental and social narratives that define the region’s identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful analysis that bridges \u003cem\u003earts and culture\u003c\/em\u003e, revealing how catastrophe and change influence both place and perception. Handley’s writing invites reflection on the ever-evolving relationship between humans and their environment.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"horizons-of-catastrophe-in-the-american-west-by-william-r-handley-9781496246103","title":"Horizons of Catastrophe in the American West","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorizons of Catastrophe in the American West\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to discussions in the environmental humanities and western U.S. studies about how we read past cultural history in the light of our determined yet unknown future under climate catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExamining an eclectic but interrelated and interdisciplinary range of photographs, films, and novels of the West; Western historiography; geological science; Tony Kushner's \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e; the Los Angeles freeway system and the city's layered temporalities; and the long poem form among contemporary Indigenous poets, William R. Handley argues that artists within mostly twentieth-century settler cultures saw on past horizons of the West premonitions of catastrophe—without, of course, knowing what their civilization was doing to the atmosphere and what that portended for the planet's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe possibilities and limits of their artistic forms, Handley shows us, offer a way for us to find hope in the wreckage of the past and to forge a future grounded in environmental realism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934087102700,"sku":"9781496246103","price":98.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781496246103-horizons-of-catastrophe-in-the-american-west.jpg?v=1783894190"},{"product_id":"horizons-of-catastrophe-in-the-american-west-by-william-r-handley-9780803288492","title":"Horizons of Catastrophe in the American West","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorizons of Catastrophe in the American West\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to discussions in the environmental humanities and western U.S. studies about how we read past cultural history in light of our determined yet unknown future under climate catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExamining an eclectic but interrelated and interdisciplinary range of photographs, films, and novels of the West; Western historiography; geological science; Tony Kushner's \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e; the Los Angeles freeway system and the city's layered temporalities; and the long poem form among contemporary Indigenous poets, William R. Handley argues that artists within mostly twentieth-century settler cultures saw on past horizons of the West premonitions of catastrophe—without, of course, knowing what their civilization was doing to the atmosphere and what that portended for the planet's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe possibilities and limits of their artistic forms, Handley shows us, offer a way for us to find hope in the wreckage of the past and to forge a future grounded in environmental realism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934087168236,"sku":"9780803288492","price":306.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780803288492-horizons-of-catastrophe-in-the-american-west.jpg?v=1783894204"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/william-r-handley.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}