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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"In Under the Sign of Empty, Wendy Harding adopts a transdisciplinary perspective that draws on the theories of geographers, historians, sociologists, and philosophers to understand the reasons for the enduring perception of emptiness in the American landscape. In doing so, she identifies a recent trend in the literature of place that corrects the misperceptions resulting from this trope"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction: From empty spaces to storied places -- Part I: The idea of empty -- Placing the land under the sign of empty -- Creating the American nation from a vast and empty chaos -- Part II: Seeking new connections -- Becoming committed to place in Rich Bass's "Winter" -- The storied mountains of Charles Bowden's "Frog Mountain Blues" -- Suturing the map of the known universe in Ellen Meloy's "The Last cheater's Waltz" -- Part III: Retracing paths and reassessing emplacement -- The peopled shape of the land in Jonathan Raban's "Bad Land" -- Unsettling oppositions in Rebecca Solnit's "Savage Dreams" -- Robert Sullivan's reverse commute in "The Meadowlands" -- Conclusion: The void calls; earth calls back. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Discourse analysis, Literary.
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Discourse analysis, Literary. |
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Nature in literature.
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Nature in literature. |
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Place (Philosophy) in literature.
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Place (Philosophy) in literature. |
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Emptiness (Philosophy) in literature.
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Emptiness (Philosophy) in literature. |
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American literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harding, Wendy. Myth of emptiness and the new American literature of place. Iowa City : University Of Iowa Press, 2014 (DLC) 2014010232 |
| ISBN |
9781609382926 (electronic book) |
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1609382927 (electronic book) |
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9781609382797 (paperback) |
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160938279X |
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