02670nam 2200613 a 450 991046006180332120200520144314.01-58729-978-X(CKB)2670000000081347(EBL)843346(OCoLC)711003841(SSID)ssj0000471233(PQKBManifestationID)11282432(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471233(PQKBWorkID)10427992(PQKB)10582637(MiAaPQ)EBC843346(MdBmJHUP)muse3028(Au-PeEL)EBL843346(CaPaEBR)ebr10456430(EXLCZ)99267000000008134720100811d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe meaning of rivers[electronic resource] flow and reflection in American literature /by T.S. McMillin ; foreword by Wayne FranklinIowa City University of Iowa Press20111 online resource (241 p.)American land and life seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-58729-977-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : What do rivers mean? -- Overlooking the river -- By the river -- Up the river -- Down the river -- Crossing the river -- Up and down the river.In the continental United States, rivers serve to connect state to state, interior with exterior, the past to the present, but they also divide places and peoples from one another. These connections and divisions have given rise to a diverse body of literature that explores American nature, ranging from travel accounts of seventeenth-century Puritan colonists to magazine articles by twenty-first-century enthusiasts of extreme sports. Using pivotal American writings to determine both what literature can tell us about rivers and, conversely, how rivers help us think about American land and life series.American literatureHistory and criticismRivers in literaturePhilosophy of nature in literatureElectronic books.American literatureHistory and criticism.Rivers in literature.Philosophy of nature in literature.810.9/36McMillin T. S(Tracy Scott)995796Franklin Wayne898397MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460061803321The meaning of rivers2281760UNINA