Reclaiming Nostalgia : Longing for Nature in American Literature /

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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Ladino, Jennifer K.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2012]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Nostalgie
Natur > Motiv
Literatur
Nostalgia in literature.
Nature in literature.
Homesickness in literature.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Nostalgie dans la litterature.
Nature dans la litterature.
American literature > History and criticism.
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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