Dark Eden: The Swamp in Nineteenth-Century American Culture

by David C. Miller

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An important though little understood aspect of the response of nineteenth-century Americans to nature is the widespread interest in the scenery of swamps, jungles, and other wastelands. Dark Eden focuses on this developing interest in order to redefine cultural values during a transformative period of American history. Professor Miller shows how for many Americans in the period around the Civil War nature came to be regarded less as a source of high...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521147468

ISBN13:9780521147460

Release Date:August 2010

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:350 Pages

Weight:1.34 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Related Subjects

American Literature Classics Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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