American georgics : economy and environment in early American literature / Timothy Sweet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sweet, Timothy, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--History and criticism.

American literature.

Environmental literature--History and criticism.

Environmental literature.

Pastoral literature, American--History and criticism.

Pastoral literature, American.

Didactic literature, American--History and criticism.

Didactic literature, American.

Economics and literature--United States--History.

Economics and literature.

Agriculture in literature.

Economics in literature.

Nature in literature.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

222 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2002]

Summary:

American Georgics takes as its primary problem the question of the human place in nature. By extending our understanding of what counts as environmental literature back before Thoreau, who is popularly taken to be its originator, Sweet shows that early texts, while not necessarily "green" in contemporary terms, can offer important insights into our relationship to the environment. "Thoughtful, critically intelligent, and well-informed."--Lawrence Buell, Harvard University

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-214) and index.

ISBN:

0812236378

OCLC:

47023635