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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791046103321

Autore

Wrede Theda

Titolo

Myth and environment in recent Southwestern literature : healing narratives / / Theda Wrede

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-8496-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 p.)

Collana

Ecocritical Theory and Practice

Disciplina

810.9/979

Soggetti

American literature - Southwestern States - History and criticism

American literature - West (U.S.) - History and criticism

Myth in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Myth and Contemporary Reappraisals of the Southwest; 2 Renewal and Regression in Cormac McCarthy's Western All the Pretty Horses; 3 Barbara Kingsolver's Animal Dreams; 4 "It's a Matter of Transitions"; 5 Liminality in Denise Chávez's The Last of the Menu Girls; Conclusion; Works Cited; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Myth and Environment in Recent Southwestern Literature challenges readers' understanding of where the mythic Southwest and ecological consciousness meet. The book establishes conceptual connections between literature, ecocriticism, and feminist, postcolonial, and psychoanalytic theory to recover the creative imagination in redemptive figurations of the Southwest that may help foster environmental responsibility.