Encyclopedia of the Environment in American Literature

Name: Encyclopedia of the Environment in American Literature
Brand: McFarland and Company, Inc.
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By Geoff Hamilton

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This encyclopedia introduces readers to American poetry, fiction and nonfiction with a focus on the environment (broadly defined as humanity's natural surroundings), from the discovery of America through the present. The work includes biographical and literary entries on material from early explorers and colonists such as Columbus, Bartolome de Las Casas and Thomas Harriot; Native American creation myths; canonical 18th- and 19th-century works of Jefferson, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Hawthorne, Twain, Dickinson and others; to more recent figures such as Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, Norman Mailer, Stanley Cavell, Rachel Carson, Jon Krakauer and Al Gore. It is meant to provide a synoptic appreciation of how the very concept of the environment has changed over the past five centuries, offering both a general introduction to the topic and a valuable resource for high school and university courses focused on environmental issues.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 358
Release Date:: 2013-02-27
Publication Date:: 2013-02-27
Publisher:: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0786465417
ISBN13:: 9780786465415
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:: 18
Weight:: 674 g
Height:: 178 cm
Width:: 254 cm
Thickness:: 19 cm

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