Visions of the land : science, literature, and the American environment from the era of exploration to the age of ecology /

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"Visions of the Land looks at the period from 1840 to 1970 through the works of seven explorers, scientists, and writers, in order to examine the various ways our culture has viewed nature. In this ambitious work, Michael A. Bryson draws upon a wide array of references (narratives, technical re...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bryson, Michael A., 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 2002.
Series:Under the sign of nature.
Subjects:
American literature > History and criticism.
Environmental literature > History and criticism.
Literature and science > United States > History.
Environmental protection in literature.
Wilderness areas in literature.
Landscapes in literature.
Ecology in literature.
Nature in literature.
Littérature et sciences > États-Unis > Histoire.
Environnement > Protection, dans la littérature.
Réserves de la vie sauvage dans la littérature.
Paysages dans la littérature.
Nature dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Environmental literature.
Literature and science.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "I saw visions": John Charles Fremont and the explorer"-scientist as nineteenth-century hero
  • "The evidence of my ruin": Richard Byrd's Antarctic sojourn
  • "A strange and terrible woman land": Charlotte Perkins Gilman's scientific utopia
  • "A unit of country well defined in nature": John Wesley Powell and the scientific management of the American West
  • "The earth is the common home of all": Susan Fenimore Cooper's investigations of a settled landscape
  • "The relentless drive of life": Rachel Carson's and Loren Eiseley's reformulation of science and nature.

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