Review of \u3ci\u3eBad Land Pastoralism in Great Plains Fiction\u3c/i\u3e by Matthew J. C. Cella

Matthew Cella\u27s Bad Land Pastoralism in Great Plains Fiction is based on the concept of the dialogue between human culture and nonhuman nature on the Great Plains as explored through the region\u27s literature. Cella defines bad land pastoralism as a persistent effort to both confront and transcend the losses accrued during the ongoing attempt to permanently inhabit a bioregion defined by motion and transience. The reader, to follow Cella\u27s argument, must consider and reconsider the stereotypes of the Great Plains, particularly as they apply to how the region was populated and what the concept of land can mean to Plains residents