"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

19 September 2010

Sanctification.


A review that is over a year old, but it may inspire those unfamiliar with Harrison to find literary refuge ...
Rural settings maintain a consistent importance in Harrison’s work because they allow his characters a sanctuary where their resistance to social pressures and commitment to hard won principles of freedom and self-determination can thrive. In the bosom of nature, Harrison’s outlaws, those who live according to their own norms of quiet charity, earned elegance, and the rejection of political maneuvering, social phoniness, and yuppie asceticism, undergo sanctification. Having a home in rural America brings Harrison’s characters, especially Brown Dog, into community with fellow voluntarily isolated rebels; their political protest overcomes dejection with detachment. 


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