Title Surveying the interior : literary cartographers and the sense of place / Rick Van Noy

Published Reno : University of Nevada Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 220 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Environmental arts and humanities series Environmental arts and humanities series. 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 English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Knowledge -- Cartography Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 -- Knowledge -- Cartography Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993 -- Knowledge -- Cartography King, Clarence, 1842-1901 -- Knowledge -- Cartography SUBJECT King, Clarence, 1842-1901 fast Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 fast Stegner, Wallace, 1909-1993 fast Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 fast Thoreau, Henry David, (1817-1862) -- Cartographie. ram Powell, John Wesley, (1834-1902) -- Cartographie. ram Stegner, Wallace Earle, (1909-1993) -- Cartographie. ram King, Clarence, (1842-1901) -- Cartographie. ram Subject American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Nature in literature. Cartography -- United States -- History Environmental protection in literature. Surveying -- United States -- History Place (Philosophy) in literature. Wilderness areas in literature. Landscapes in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American literature Cartography Environmental protection in literature Landscapes in literature Nature in literature Place (Philosophy) in literature Surveying Wilderness areas in literature Littérature américaine -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique. Cartographie -- États-Unis -- Histoire. Environnement -- Protection -- Dans la littérature. Arpentage -- États-Unis -- Histoire. Lieu (philosophie) -- Dans la littérature. Réserves naturelles -- Dans la littérature. United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 0874175747 9780874175745

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