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Author:

Schuyler, David.

Title:

Sanctified landscape : writers, artists, and the Hudson River Valley, 1820-1909 / David Schuyler.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xii, 206 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--History--19th century.
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--Description and travel.
Landscape protection--Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--History--19th century.
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--In literature.
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--In art.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-198) and index.

Contents:

The tourists' river : experiencing the Hudson Valley -- The artist's river : Thomas Cole -- The writers' river : Washington Irving and N.P. Willis -- The river in a garden : A.J. Downing -- Change and the search for continuity at midcentury -- Elegy for the Hudson River School : Jervis McEntee -- The naturalist's river : John Burroughs -- A river in time : preserving landscape, celebrating history.

ISBN:

0801450802 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801450808 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)760532784

LCCN:

2011045945

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)