This Ecstatic Nation The American Landscape and the Aesthetics of Patriotism |
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| Author:
| Ryan, Terre |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55849-873-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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Although the aesthetics have evolved, contemporary media are filled with American landscape images inspired by the nineteenth century. Terre Ryan examines this phenomenon by exploring the overlapping trails of national mythology, landscape aesthetics, patriotic discourse, and public policy.
Although the aesthetics have evolved, contemporary media are filled with American landscape images inspired by the nineteenth century. Terre Ryan examines this phenomenon by exploring the overlapping trails of national mythology, landscape aesthetics, patriotic discourse, and public policy.