| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 263 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford studies in American literary history ; 5
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Oxford studies in American literary history ; 5.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Ultradeep, petroleum culture in the American century -- Origins, spills -- The aesthetics of petroleum -- Petromelancholia -- The petroleum archive. |
| Summary |
'Living Oil' is a work of environmental cultural studies that engages with a wide spectrum of cultural forms, from museum exhibits and oil industry tours to poetry, documentary film, fiction, still photography, novels and memoirs. The book's unique focus is the aesthetic, sensory and emotional legacies of petroleum, from its rise to the preeminent modern fossil fuel during World War I through the current era of so-called Tough Oil. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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Ecocriticism.
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Ecocriticism. |
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Environmental policy in literature.
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Environmental policy in literature. |
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Environmental protection in literature.
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Environmental protection in literature. |
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Petroleum in literature.
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Petroleum in literature. |
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Petroleum industry and trade -- United States.
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Petroleum industry and trade. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: LeMenager, Stephanie, 1968- Living oil. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014. xi, 263 pages : illustrations Oxford studies in American literary history ; 5 9780199899425 (DLC) 2013016997 |
| ISBN |
9780199899432 (electronic book) |
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0199899436 (electronic book) |
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9780199899425 (acid-free paper) |
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