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Author:

Simo, Melanie Louise, 1949-

Title:

Literature of place : dwelling on the land before Earth Day 1970 / Melanie L. Simo.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xv, 271 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism
Landscapes in literature.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
United States--In literature.
Local color in literature
Regionalism in literature
Setting (Literature)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-262) and index.

Contents:

New England : coastal towns and upland trails -- The southern highlands -- Pacific shores : from mountains to the sea -- The arid West : history, memory, signs of vitality -- The heart of the country : views from a family farm -- The small place and the little garden -- The abandoned place -- The reinhabited place -- The lost place -- The explored place.

ISBN:

9780813925004
0813925002 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60550503

LCCN:

2005014980

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)