Gardenland : Nature, Fantasy, and Everyday Practice /

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"Garden writing is not just a place to find advice about roses and rutabagas; it also contains hidden histories of desire, hope, and frustration and tells a story about how Americans have invested grand fantasies in the common soil of everyday life. Gardenland chronicles the development of this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Atkinson, Jennifer Wren (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Horticultural literature.
Gardens in literature.
Gardening in literature.
Environmentalism in literature.
Environmental literature.
American literature.
Agriculture > Social aspects.
Agriculture in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Subjects & Themes > Nature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Horticulture > Documentation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Agriculture > Aspect social.
Environnementalisme dans la litterature.
Agriculture dans la litterature.
Jardinage dans la litterature.
Jardins dans la litterature.
Environmental literature > United States > History and criticism.
Horticultural literature > United States > History.
American literature > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • American garden writing and the reinvention of work as play
  • Lost at home: mapping the industrial-era garden and farm
  • Resensualizing the garden: from surface to substance in midcentury food -writing
  • Against the grain: reinventing the garden in contemporary utopia
  • Just gardens: uprooting and recovery in the postcolonial garden
  • Epilogue. garden writing and the phenomenology of dirt.

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