The meaning of rivers : flow and reflection in American literature / / by T.S. McMillin ; foreword by Wayne Franklin

• Autore: McMillin T. S (Tracy Scott)
• Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/36; 810.936
• Soggetto topico: American literature - History and criticism; Rivers in literature; Philosophy of nature in literature
• Altri autori: FranklinWayne
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The meaning of rivers
• ISBN: 1-58729-978-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823881703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American land and life series.