| Description |
1 online resource (266 pages) |
| Series |
Oxford studies in American literary history |
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Oxford studies in American literary history.
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| Contents |
The travel sketch: picturesque history and American exceptionalism on the landscape -- The city sketch: walking the picturesque city -- The park movement: picturesque rus in urb -- The country book: masculinity, domesticity, and the rise of American suburbs -- The New England village novel and picturesque reform -- Epilogue; in search of the picturesque |
| Summary |
This work challenges dominant narratives of the concerns of nineteenth century literature to show how supposedly minor works of picturesque helped transform the American landscape, and create what we now recognize as the defining spaces of American life |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 17, 2021) |
| Subject |
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Picturesque, The, in literature.
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Landscapes in literature.
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American literature.
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Landscapes in literature.
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Picturesque, The, in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191915499 |
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0191915491 |
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9780192647313 |
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0192647318 |
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9780192647320 |
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0192647326 |
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