Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 220 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Environmental arts and humanities series |
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Environmental arts and humanities series.
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Contents |
Introduction: surveying the height of our mountains, the country of our mind -- Surveying the strange: Henry David Thoreau's intelligence of place -- Mapping the mirage: Clarence King's impressions of place -- Surveying the sublime: John Wesley Powell's representations of place -- Geography of repose: Wallace Stegner's middle ground -- Conclusion: "a map of connextion." |
Summary |
"From the very beginning, American literature was closely intertwined with surveying. In Surveying the Interior, Rick Van Noy explores the ways that four American literary cartographers - Henry David Thoreau, Clarence King, John Wesley Powell, and Wallace Stegner - concerned themselves with what it means to map or survey a place and what it means to write about it. In the process, he helps to define the ways by which space enters the human psyche as definable place, as well as the ways by which physical landscape is transmuted - through the vagaries of human perception, representative processes, and emotion - into a sense of place as an intimate, personal manifestation of both physical and existential realities."--Jacket |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Knowledge -- Cartography
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Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 -- Knowledge -- Cartography
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Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993 -- Knowledge -- Cartography
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King, Clarence, 1842-1901 -- Knowledge -- Cartography
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SUBJECT |
King, Clarence, 1842-1901 fast |
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Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 fast |
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Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993 fast |
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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 fast |
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Thoreau, Henry David, (1817-1862) -- Cartographie. ram |
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Powell, John Wesley, (1834-1902) -- Cartographie. ram |
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Stegner, Wallace Earle, (1909-1993) -- Cartographie. ram |
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King, Clarence, (1842-1901) -- Cartographie. ram |
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Nature in literature.
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Cartography -- United States -- History
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Environmental protection in literature.
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Surveying -- United States -- History
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Place (Philosophy) in literature.
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Wilderness areas in literature.
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Landscapes in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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American literature
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Cartography
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Environmental protection in literature
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Landscapes in literature
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Nature in literature
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Place (Philosophy) in literature
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Surveying
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Wilderness areas in literature
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Littérature américaine -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Cartographie -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
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Environnement -- Protection -- Dans la littérature.
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Arpentage -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
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Lieu (philosophie) -- Dans la littérature.
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Réserves naturelles -- Dans la littérature.
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0874175747 |
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9780874175745 |
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