Climate and the picturesque in the American tropics / Michael Boyden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyden, Michael, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in American literary history.

Oxford studies in American literary history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travelers' writings, American--18th century--History and criticism.

Travelers' writings, American.

Travelers' writings, American--19th century--History and criticism.

Climatology in literature.

Caribbean Area--Description and travel.

Caribbean Area.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

This book explains how we came to think of the climate as something abstract and remote rather than a force that actively shapes our existence. It shows how the writings of American travellers in the Caribbean registered and pushed forward a new understanding of the climate in a pivotal period in modern history, roughly between 1770 and 1860.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Frontispiece

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Introduction: The Man from the Tropics

1. The Climatic Regime

2. Astonishing Contrasts in J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur's Caribbean Sketches

3. Avenging Climes in Fictions of the Haitian Revolution

4. Picturesque Sensibility in William Cullen Bryant's American Tropics

5. Mysterious Connections

6. Man "in the Aggregate"

Coda: The Ends of Climate

Acknowledgments

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Boyden, Michael Climate and the Picturesque in the American Tropics

ISBN:

0-19-196424-7

0-19-269443-X

0-19-269444-8