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Reading aridity in Western American literature

Title
Reading aridity in Western American literature / edited by Jada Ach and Gary Reger.
Publication
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]

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Additional Authors
  • Ach, Jada, 1980-
  • Reger, Gary
Description
xii, 296 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm.
Summary
"Reading Aridity in Western American Literature focuses on literature - fiction, film, non-fiction, and travel literature focused on the arid in the American West. Treating "classic" authors, ignored works, and books and films by non-Americans, the volume employs ecocritical and/or new materialist approaches to provide a framework for illuminating the desert spaces"--
Series Statement
Ecocritical theory and practice
Subject
  • American literature > History and criticism
  • Ecocriticism
  • Ecology in literature
  • Deserts in literature
  • American literature
  • Literature
  • West (U.S.) > In literature
  • Southwestern States > In literature
  • United States > Southwestern States
  • West United States
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFE 21-729
ISBN
  • 9781793622013
  • 1793622019
  • 9781793622037
  • 1793622035
  • 9781793622020 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2020039546
OCLC
1195820231
Title
Reading aridity in Western American literature / edited by Jada Ach and Gary Reger.
Publisher
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Ecocritical theory and practice
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Ach, Jada, 1980- editor.
Reger, Gary, editor.
Other Form:
Online version: Reading aridity in Western American literature Lanham : Lexington Books, [2020] 9781793622020 (DLC) 2020039547
Research Call Number
JFE 21-729
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