The Green Breast of the New World Landscape, Gender, and American Fiction |
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Author:
| Westling, Louise H. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8203-5239-8 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2017 |
Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $79.95 |
Book Description:
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In searching American literary landscapes for what they can reveal about our attitudes toward nature and gender, The Green Breast of the New World considers symbolic landscapes in twentieth-century American fiction, the characters who inhabit those landscapes, and the gendered traditions that can influence the figuration of both of these fictional elements.
In searching American literary landscapes for what they can reveal about our attitudes toward nature and gender, The Green Breast of the New World considers symbolic landscapes in twentieth-century American fiction, the characters who inhabit those landscapes, and the gendered traditions that can influence the figuration of both of these fictional elements.