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Environmental Practice and Early American Literature (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,818
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Environmental Practice and Early American Literature (Hardcover, New): Michael Ziser

Environmental Practice and Early American Literature (Hardcover, New)

Michael Ziser

Series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture

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This original and provocative study tells the story of American literary history from the perspective of its environmental context. Weaving together close readings of early American texts with ecological histories of tobacco, potatoes, apples and honey bees, Michael Ziser presents a method for literary criticism that explodes the conceptual distinction between the civilized and natural world. Beginning with the English exploration of Virginia in the sixteenth century, Ziser argues that the settlement of the 'New World' - and the cultivation and exploitation of its bounty - dramatically altered how writers used language to describe the phenomena they encountered on the frontier. Examining the work of Harriot, Grainger, Cooper, Thoreau and others, Ziser reveals how these authors, whether consciously or not, transcribed the vibrant ecology of North America, and the ways that the environment helped codify a uniquely American literary aesthetic of lasting importance.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture
Release date: July 2013
First published: July 2013
Authors: Michael Ziser
Dimensions: 235 x 157 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 231
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-00543-3
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
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LSN: 1-107-00543-4
Barcode: 9781107005433

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