Research Catalog

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Description

1. xvi, 275 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. Under the sign of nature : explorations in ecocriticism

Uniform title

1. Under the sign of nature.

Subject

1. Nostalgia in literature
2. American literature > History and criticism
3. Nature in literature
4. Homesickness in literature

Contents

1. Introduction: Having a field day: authentic Indians and patriotic tourism in the early national parks -- Longing for wonderland: Zitkala-Ša's post-frontier nostalgia : "plucked up by the roots": the nostalgic trajectories of the southern agrarians -- "Home thoughts": the transnational routes of nostalgia in Claude McKay's home to Harlem : born free and equal: frontier nostalgia and the nature of Manzanar -- Nostalgia's caring capacity: Rachel Carson's Silent spring, Aldo Leopold's A sand county almanac, and the "Last call" for nature : "a tear for the fate of America": the (crying) Indian as spokesperson for a vanishing natural world -- Remembering the earth: N. Scott Momaday's nostalgic American land ethic : patenting "the last of nature's creations": mice and men in a postnatural world -- Don DeLillo's postmodern homesickness: nostalgia after the end of nature : nature survives: frontier nostalgia on reality TV -- Nostalgia and nature at the millennium: Ruth Ozeki's green culture of life.

Call number

1. JFE 13-2581

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Ladino, Jennifer K.

Title

1. Reclaiming nostalgia : longing for nature in American literature / Jennifer K. Ladino.

Imprint

1. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.

Series

1. Under the sign of nature : explorations in ecocriticism
2. Under the sign of nature.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2012026242

ISBN

1. 081393334X (cloth : acid-free paper)
2. 9780813933344 (cloth : acid-free paper)
3. 0813933358 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
4. 9780813933351 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
5. 0813933366 (e-book)
6. 9780813933368 (e-book)

Research call number

1. JFE 13-2581