02713nam 2200613 450 991079104610332120200520144314.00-7391-8496-2(CKB)2550000001276761(EBL)1676474(SSID)ssj0001181653(PQKBManifestationID)11760570(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001181653(PQKBWorkID)11145556(PQKB)10509599(MiAaPQ)EBC1676474(Au-PeEL)EBL1676474(CaPaEBR)ebr10861604(CaONFJC)MIL598765(OCoLC)880437965(EXLCZ)99255000000127676120140428h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMyth and environment in recent Southwestern literature healing narratives /Theda WredeLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2014.©20141 online resource (143 p.)Ecocritical Theory and PracticeDescription based upon print version of record.0-7391-8495-4 1-306-67514-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorMyth 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. Ecocritical theory and practice.American literatureSouthwestern StatesHistory and criticismAmerican literatureWest (U.S.)History and criticismMyth in literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.American literatureHistory and criticism.Myth in literature.810.9/979Wrede Theda1547910MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791046103321Myth and environment in recent Southwestern literature3804517UNINA