Juliana Chow, Nineteenth-Century American Literature and the Discourse of Natural History
This is a highly original study in nineteenth-century American nature writing, mostly in the decades between 1830 and 1870. Theoretically, it is part of the Anthropocene studies, the recent trend in ecocriticism, which focuses on extinction and depletion rather than conservation and celebration of...
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| Yayımlandı: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas, |
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| Materyal Türü: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Dil: | Anglais |
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European journal of American studies
2023
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| Online Erişim: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Özet: | This is a highly original study in nineteenth-century American nature writing, mostly in the decades between 1830 and 1870. Theoretically, it is part of the Anthropocene studies, the recent trend in ecocriticism, which focuses on extinction and depletion rather than conservation and celebration of nature. Chow purposefully and carefully looks for an alternative to the Victorian aesthetic of plentitude, related to the contemporary belief in nature’s unlimited regenerative powers. She discusse... |
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