Reclaiming nostalgia : longing for nature in American literature /
Often thought of as the quintessential home or the Eden from which humanity has fallen, the natural world has long been a popular object of nostalgic narratives. This book assesses the ideological effects of this phenomenon by tracing its dominant forms in American literature and culture since the c...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
[2012]
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Colección: | Under the sign of nature.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Longing for Wonderland : Zitkala-Ša's Post-Frontier Nostalgia
- "Home Thoughts" : The Transnational Routes of Nostalgia in Claude McKay's Home to Harlem
- Nostalgia's Caring Capacity : Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, Aldon Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, and the “Last Call” for Nature
- Remembering the Earth : N. Scott Momaday's Nostalgic American Land Ethic
- Don DeLillo's Postmodern Homesickness : Nostalgia after the End of Nature
- Nostalgia and Nature at the Millennium : Ruth Ozeki's Green Culture of Life.