Literature of place : dwelling on the land before Earth Day 1970 / Melanie L. Simo.

Main entry:

Simo, Melanie Louise, 1949-

Title & Author:

Literature of place : dwelling on the land before Earth Day 1970 / Melanie L. Simo.

Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2005.

Description:

xv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-262) and index.
New England : coastal towns and upland trails -- The southern highlands -- Pacific shores : from mountains to the sea -- The arid West : history, memory, signs of vitality -- The heart of the country : views from a family farm -- The small place and the little garden -- The abandoned place -- The reinhabited place -- The lost place -- The explored place.

Summary:

"In a world that is increasingly reliant on science, technology, and virtual relationships, our reciprocal and intimate connection to place has often been overlooked. This concern is now at the forefront of debate among environmental planners and designers, who are asking: What is distinctive and memorable about a certain place? Who lives there - or once did? What are the impacts of metropolitan growth, sprawl, and the loss of family farms?"
"In Literature of Place Melanie Simo looks beyond crowded malls and boarded-up storefronts on Main Street to our collective memory, finding answers to these questions in stories, novels, memoirs, poetry, essays, diaries, travel writing, and nature writing that range in origin from New England and the Southern Highlands to Hawaii and in subject from little gardens to lost or reinhabited places in cities, mill towns, deserts, and woodlands.
In her consideration of selected American works from 1890 to 1970 - years that mark the closing of the Western frontier and later openings in space exploration, environmental protection, genetic engineering, and cyberspace - Simo uncovers a literature of place and the often-surprising relationship of place to our daily lives."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0813925002 (acid-free paper)
9780813925004 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

American literature History and criticism.
Landscapes in literature.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Local color in literature.
Regionalism in literature.
Setting (Literature)
Paysages dans la littérature.
Lieu (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Couleur locale dans la littérature.
Littérature régionale.
Espace et temps (Littérature)
American literature.
Literature.
Literatur
Landschaft
Landscape in literature
United States In literature.
United States.
USA.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 242540
Call No.: BIB 172343
Status: Available

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