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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ladino, Jennifer K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2012]
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.