03204nam 2200709Ia 450 991097520520332120200520144314.097866124238959781282423893128242389497808032261660803226160(CKB)2670000000008992(EBL)471735(OCoLC)593259859(SSID)ssj0000342942(PQKBManifestationID)11947774(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342942(PQKBWorkID)10288002(PQKB)10369614(MiAaPQ)EBC471735(MdBmJHUP)muse11919(Au-PeEL)EBL471735(CaPaEBR)ebr10340984(CaONFJC)MIL242389(Perlego)4520437(EXLCZ)99267000000000899220090407d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSkylark meets meadowlark reimagining the bird in British romantic and contemporary native American literature /Thomas C. Gannon1st ed.Lincoln University of Nebraska Press20091 online resource (437 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780803220577 080322057X Includes bibliographical references and index.Birds of a feather: avians, indigenes, animal rights, and ecology -- Wandering voices: the avian other from Cowper to Wordsworth -- Blithe spirit and immortal bird: the avian other from Wordsworth to Clare -- The eagle and the crow: avian returns in Native American literature -- A beatitude of birds: contemporary Native poetry -- Epilogue: the avian speaks back.A Native rereading of both British Romanticism and mainstream Euro-American ecocriticism, this cross-cultural transatlantic study of literary imaginings about birds sets the agenda for a more sophisticated and nuanced ecocriticism. Lakota critic Thomas C. Gannon explores how poets and nature writers in Britain and Native America have incorporated birds into their writings. He discerns an evolution in humankind's representations-and attitudes toward-other species by examining the avian images and tropes in British Romantic and Native American literatures, and by considering how such literary trEnglish poetry19th centuryHistory and criticismBirds in literatureAmerican literature21st centuryHistory and criticismAmerican literatureIndian authorsHistory and criticismRomanticismGreat BritainEnglish poetryHistory and criticism.Birds in literature.American literatureHistory and criticism.American literatureIndian authorsHistory and criticism.Romanticism821/.709145Gannon Thomas C147773MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910975205203321Skylark meets meadowlark4357317UNINA