Research Catalog

Title

Environmental practice and early American literature / Michael Ziser, University of California, Davis.

Author

Ziser, Michael, 1973-

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Description

x, 224 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"This original and provocative study tells the story of American literary history from the perspective of its environmental context. Weaving together close readings of early American texts with ecological histories of tobacco, potatoes, apples, and honey bees, Michael Ziser presents a method for literary criticism that explodes the conceptual distinction between the civilized and natural world. Beginning with the English exploration of Virginia in the sixteenth century, Ziser argues that the settlement of the "New World" - and the cultivation and exploitation of its bounty - dramatically altered how writers used language to describe the phenomena they encountered on the frontier. Examining the work of Harriot, Grainger, Cooper, Thoreau and others, Ziser reveals how these authors, whether consciously or not, transcribed the vibrant ecology of North America, and the ways that the environment helped codify a uniquely American literary aesthetic of lasting importance"--

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 166

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 166.

Subject

• American literature > History and criticism
• Nature in literature
• Ecology in literature
• Agriculture in literature
• Agent (Philosophy) in literature
• Natural history > United States > Historiography
• Nature (Aesthetics)
• Ecocriticism > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-220) and index.

Contents

Sovereign remedies -- Staple-colony circumspection -- The pomology of Eden -- Beeing in the world -- Walled in and farmed out : pastoral isolation and Georgic collectivities.

Call Number

JFE 14-2842

ISBN

• 9781107005433 (hbk.)
• 1107005434 (hbk.)

LCCN

2012040131

OCLC

819531647

Author

Ziser, Michael, 1973-

Title

Environmental practice and early American literature / Michael Ziser, University of California, Davis.

Publisher

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 166

Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 166.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-220) and index.

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Research Call Number

JFE 14-2842