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Author Daw, Sarah, author.

Title Writing nature in Cold War American literature / Sarah Daw.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (256 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Modern American literature and the new twentieth century
Modern American literature and the new twentieth century.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : ecocriticism and the mid-twentieth century -- Attaining fana in Paul Bowles's infinite landscapes -- Nature and the nuclear Southwest : Peggy Pond Church and J. Robert Oppenheimer -- The influence of Chinese and Japanese literature on J.D. Salinger's philosophy of nature -- The Beat ecologies of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac -- Bifurcated nature in Mary McCarthy's Birds of America -- Conclusion : 'know that the earth will madonna the Bomb'.
Summary "Compelling analyses of the function and representation of Nature in a wide range of Cold War fiction and poetry by authors including Paul Bowles, J.D. Salinger, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Mary McCarthy reveals the prevalence of portrayals of Nature as an infinite, interdependent system in American literature written between 1945 and 1971. Daw astutely highlights the Cold War's often overlooked role in environmental history and argues that Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962) can be considered as part of a trend of increasingly ecological depictions of Nature in literature written after 1945. By exploring the most recent developments in the field of ecocriticism, the book is embedded within current ecocritical debates concerning the Anthropocene and anthropogenic climate change."--Publisher's website.
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Subject Ecocriticism.
Ecocriticism.
Cold War in literature.
Cold War (1945-1989) in literature.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
American literature.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Daw, Sarah. Writing nature in Cold War American literature. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018] 9781474430029 (OCoLC)1029885511
ISBN 9781474430043 (electronic book)
147443004X (electronic book)
9781474430029
1474430023
9781474430050 (epub)