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Reconciling nature : literary representations of the natural, 1876-1945 /

"Reconciling Nature maps the complex views of the environment that are evident in eight American novels written in the period between the Centennial Celebration of 1876 and the end of the Second World War. During this period, which encompasses the Progressive era and the New Deal, Americans hel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Myers, Robert M., 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : resisting the resistance narrative
  • Civilizing nature in Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  • The ecological city in Crane's Maggie
  • Therapeutic nature in Chopin's The awakening
  • Disciplining nature in Sinclair's The jungle
  • Progressive conservation in Austin's The ford
  • Surveilling wilderness in Dreiser's An American tragedy
  • Assimilative nature in Hurston's Their eyes were watching God
  • Environmental stewardship in Faulkner's Go down, Moses.