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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Robert M. MyersPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438476797ISBN 10: 1438476795 Pages: 234 Publication Date: 01 November 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Resisting the Resistance Narrative 1. Civilizing Nature in Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2. The Ecological City in Crane’s Maggie 3. Therapeutic Nature in Chopin’s The Awakening 4. Disciplining Nature in Sinclair’s The Jungle 5. Progressive Conservation in Austin’s The Ford 6. Surveilling Wilderness in Dreiser’s An American Tragedy 7. Assimilative Nature in Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God 8. Environmental Stewardship in Faulkner’s Go Down, Moses Epilogue Notes Works Cited IndexReviewsReconciling Nature is an important contribution to ecocriticism, American literary studies, American studies, and environmental history. The book has incredible breadth and scope. In each chapter, Myers incorporates an impressive amount of historical context that always breathes new life into texts that have been discussed at length by other scholars. - Lloyd Willis, author of Environmental Evasion: The Literary, Critical, and Cultural Politics of Nature's Nation Author InformationRobert M. Myers is Professor of English and Director of the Environmental Studies program at Lock Haven University. He is the author of Reluctant Expatriate: The Life of Harold Frederic. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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