American Georgics : Economy and Environment in Early American Literature /

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"In classical terms the georgic celebrates the working landscape, cultivated to become fruitful and prosperous, in contrast to the idealized or fanciful landscapes of the pastoral. Arguing that economic considerations must become central to any understanding of the human community's engage...

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Autor principal: Sweet, Timothy, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wirtschaft > Motiv
Ökologie > Motiv
Hirtendichtung
Pastoral literature, American.
Nature in literature.
Environmental literature.
Economics in literature.
Economics and literature.
Didactic literature, American.
American literature.
Agriculture in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Nature dans la litterature.
Économie politique dans la litterature.
Agriculture dans la litterature.
Économie politique et litterature > États-Unis > Histoire.
Litterature didactique americaine > Histoire et critique.
Litterature pastorale americaine > Histoire et critique.
Economics and literature > United States > History.
Didactic literature, American > History and criticism.
Pastoral literature, American > History and criticism.
Environmental literature > History and criticism.
American literature > History and criticism.
USA
United States.
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Economy and Environment in Sixteenth-Century Promotional Literature; 2 ""God Sells Us All Things for Our Labour"": John Smith's Generall Historie; 3 ""Wonder-Working Providence"" of the Market; 4 ""Admirable Oeconomy"": Robert Beverley's Calculus of Compensation; 5 Ideologies of Farming: Crevecoeur, Jefferson, Rush, and Brown; 6 Cherokee ""Improvements"" and the Removal Debate; 7 ""Co-Workers with Nature"": Cooper, Thoreau, and Marsh; Notes; Works Cited; Index; Acknowledgments.

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