Cambridge Themes in American Literature and Culture Ser.: Climate and ...

Name: Cambridge Themes in American Literature and Culture Ser.: Climate and ...
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Cambridge University Press

Climate and American Literature\nby Michael Boyden\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Michael Boyden\nTitle: Climate and American Literature\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literary theory\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108484879\nISBN-10: 1108484875\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nClimate has infused the literary history of the United States, from the writings of explorers and conquerors, over early national celebrations of the American climate, to the flowering of romantic nature writing. This volume traces this complex semantic history in American thought and literature to examine rhetorical and philosophical discourses that continue to propel and constrain American climate perceptions today. It explores how American literature from its inception up un.