03913nam 22008172 450 991081491120332120160113135919.01-139-89035-21-107-24110-31-107-25073-01-107-24741-10-511-79416-91-107-24990-21-107-24824-81-107-24907-4(CKB)2550000001115120(EBL)1394530(OCoLC)863202515(SSID)ssj0000919258(PQKBManifestationID)12376885(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000919258(PQKBWorkID)10909036(PQKB)11603809(UkCbUP)CR9780511794162(MiAaPQ)EBC1394530(Au-PeEL)EBL1394530(CaPaEBR)ebr10752989(CaONFJC)MIL515422(EXLCZ)99255000000111512020100702d2013|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnvironmental practice and early American literature /Michael Ziser, University of California, Davis[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2013.1 online resource (x, 224 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ;166Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-00543-4 1-299-84171-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Sovereign remedies -- Staple-colony circumspection -- The pomology of Eden -- Beeing in the world -- Walled in and farmed out : pastoral isolation and Georgic collectivities.This 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.Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ;166.Environmental Practice & Early American LiteratureAmerican literatureHistory and criticismNature in literatureEcology in literatureAgriculture in literatureAgent (Philosophy) in literatureNatural historyUnited StatesHistoriographyNature (Aesthetics)EcocriticismUnited StatesAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Nature in literature.Ecology in literature.Agriculture in literature.Agent (Philosophy) in literature.Natural historyHistoriography.Nature (Aesthetics)Ecocriticism810.9/36Ziser Michael1973-1617391UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910814911203321Environmental practice and early American literature3948544UNINA