Imprints in Space and Time
One of the recurrent myths governing the complex history of the occupation of North America is that the territory was a virgin land, a blank page available for cultural inscription. This assumption appears in writings as diverse of those of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Puritans and the S...
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lenguaje: | Anglais |
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Miranda
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | One of the recurrent myths governing the complex history of the occupation of North America is that the territory was a virgin land, a blank page available for cultural inscription. This assumption appears in writings as diverse of those of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Puritans and the Sierra Club of today. It resonates in Charles Olson’s oft-quoted statement: “I take SPACE to be the central fact to man born in America. I spell it large because it comes large here. Large and witho... |
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