LEADER 03913nam 22008172 450 001 9910452474703321 005 20160113135919.0 010 $a1-139-89035-2 010 $a1-107-24110-3 010 $a1-107-25073-0 010 $a1-107-24741-1 010 $a0-511-79416-9 010 $a1-107-24990-2 010 $a1-107-24824-8 010 $a1-107-24907-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000001115120 035 $a(EBL)1394530 035 $a(OCoLC)863202515 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000919258 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12376885 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000919258 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10909036 035 $a(PQKB)11603809 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511794162 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1394530 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1394530 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10752989 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL515422 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001115120 100 $a20100702d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEnvironmental practice and early American literature /$fMichael Ziser, University of California, Davis$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 224 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in American literature and culture ;$v166 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-00543-4 311 $a1-299-84171-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSovereign remedies -- Staple-colony circumspection -- The pomology of Eden -- Beeing in the world -- Walled in and farmed out : pastoral isolation and Georgic collectivities. 330 $aThis original and provocative study tells the story of American literary history from the perspective of its environmental context. Weaving together close readings of early American texts with ecological histories of tobacco, potatoes, apples and honey bees, Michael Ziser presents a method for literary criticism that explodes the conceptual distinction between the civilized and natural world. Beginning with the English exploration of Virginia in the sixteenth century, Ziser argues that the settlement of the 'New World' - and the cultivation and exploitation of its bounty - dramatically altered how writers used language to describe the phenomena they encountered on the frontier. Examining the work of Harriot, Grainger, Cooper, Thoreau and others, Ziser reveals how these authors, whether consciously or not, transcribed the vibrant ecology of North America, and the ways that the environment helped codify a uniquely American literary aesthetic of lasting importance. 410 0$aCambridge studies in American literature and culture ;$v166. 517 3 $aEnvironmental Practice & Early American Literature 606 $aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aNature in literature 606 $aEcology in literature 606 $aAgriculture in literature 606 $aAgent (Philosophy) in literature 606 $aNatural history$zUnited States$xHistoriography 606 $aNature (Aesthetics) 606 $aEcocriticism$zUnited States 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aNature in literature. 615 0$aEcology in literature. 615 0$aAgriculture in literature. 615 0$aAgent (Philosophy) in literature. 615 0$aNatural history$xHistoriography. 615 0$aNature (Aesthetics) 615 0$aEcocriticism 676 $a810.9/36 700 $aZiser$b Michael$f1973-$01043239 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452474703321 996 $aEnvironmental practice and early American literature$92468092 997 $aUNINA