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020			_a9780511794162 (ebook)
020			_z9781107005433 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aPS163 _b.Z57 2013
082	0	0	_a810.9/36 _223
100	1		_aZiser, Michael, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aEnvironmental Practice and Early American Literature / _cMichael Ziser.
246	3		_aEnvironmental Practice & Early American Literature
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (231 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture ; _v166
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis 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.
650		0	_aNature in literature
650		0	_aEcology in literature
650		0	_aAgriculture in literature
650		0	_aAgent (Philosophy) in literature
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107005433
830		0	_aCambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture ; _v166.
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511794162
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37559 _d37559