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Name: Edward Abbey
Variant Name: Edward Paul Abbey
Birth Date: January 29, 1927
Death Date: March 14, 1989
Nationality: American
Gender: Male

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Biography of Edward Abbey
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Edward Abbey was one of the most important and most explicitly political American nature writers of the second half of the twentieth century. He, however, disliked the phrase "nature writing"; he preferred to think of himself as a novelist who wrote...
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Biography of Edward Abbey
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Edward Abbey's nickname might just as well have been "the Monkey Wrench" instead of "Cactus Ed." Abbey breathed new life into the Luddites' notorious sabotage of technology--their tossing wrenches into new machinery; however, he aimed his sabotage at...


Quotations
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Edward Abbey Quotes
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Edward Paul Abbey ( 1927-01-29 - 1989-03-14 ) was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism of public land policies. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Desert Solitaire (1968) 1.2 Down the River (1982) 1.3 A Voice...


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Abbey, Edward (1927-1989) Summary
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Edward Abbey's essays and novels secured his position as a leading American environmentalist during the late 1960s through the 1980s. His nonconformist views, radical lifestyle, and revolutionary language created a cult following of fans whose...
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Edward Paul Abbey (1927 – 1989) American Environmentalist and Writer Summary
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Novelist, essayist, white-water rafter, and self-described "desert rat," Abbey wrote of the wonders and beauty of the American West that was fast disappearing in the name of "development" and "progress." Often...
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Edward Abbey Information
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Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 - March 14, 1989) was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism of public land policies. His best-known works include the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which has been...


News and Journals
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Environmental History
Edward Abbey: A Life
10/01/2002: 437 words, approx. 2 pages
Edward Abbey: A Life. By James M. Cahalan. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2001. xv + 357 PP. Illustrations, plates, notes, bibliography, index. $27.95. James M. Cahalan has written the definitive biography of environmentalist hero and writer Edward Abbey. In the company of...
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The Ballad of Edward Abbey.
06/22/2004: 506 words, approx. 2 pages
On his newest release, Indians, Cowboys, Horses, Dogs, Tom Russell once again explores a myriad of Southwestern themes. Perfectly embodying the spirit and soul of the American West and Tom's own feelings about the changing ways of the desert is "The Ballad of...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by John R. Knott
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In the following essay, Knott examines the tension in Abbey's writing between his efforts to maintain a rational and concrete voice and his romanticism.
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Critical Essay by Steve Norwick
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In the following essay, Norwick explores Abbey's understanding of Friedrich Nietzsche's thought in his works.
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Critical Essay by James M. Cahalan
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In the following essay, Cahalan discusses how Abbey's Eastern roots—including his experiences in Appalachia—contributed to his identity as a Western writer.
 


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