Loren Eiseley
Commentary, Biography, and Remembrance
Hilda Raz (Edited by), Scott H. Slovic (Introduction by)
9780803219069
Paperback / softback, published 1 October 2008
96 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm, 0.159 kg
Born, raised, and educated in Lincoln, Nebraska, Loren Eiseley (1907–77) was a highly respected writer and poet best known for explaining complex scientific concepts in poems easily read and understood by the general public. Much of his work covered anthropology, ecology, and human evolution, topics in which Eiseley himself was extensively educated. Loren Eiseley collects essays and remembrances of his work by friends and academics. Throughout this volume, Eiseley is praised as a brilliant thinker, accomplished writer, and esteemed man of science who drew inspiration from his midwestern upbringing and worked to bring science into the mainstream at a time when its understanding was restricted largely to those working directly in the field. Decades after his departure from the world he sought to understand, Eiseley is lauded for beautifully joining the worlds of science and literature.
Introduction - Scott Slovic
Loren Eiseley 1907-1977 - Howard Nemerov
Loren Eiseley in Lincoln: Two Poems and a Remembrance - Gale E. Christianson
Loren Eiseley, Student of Time - Erleen J. Christensen
The Literary Achievement of Loren Eiseley - E. Fred Carlisle
An Artist of Autumn - Peter Heidtmann
Loren Eiseley and the State of Grace - Ben Howard
Eiseley and Enchantment - Caroline E. Werkley
Loren Eiseley and the Human Condition - Naomi Brill
