Clear-cutting Eden : ecology and the pastoral in Southern literature

Clear-cutting Eden : ecology and the pastoral in Southern literature / Christopher Rieger.

Author/creator	Rieger, Christopher
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2009.
Description	x, 202 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987--Criticism and interpretation. Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953--Criticism and interpretation. Hurston, Zora Neale--Criticism and interpretation. Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Criticism and interpretation. American fiction--Southern States --History and criticism. American fiction--20th century --History and criticism. Literature and society--Southern States --History --20th century. Human ecology in literature. Nature in literature. Pastoral fiction, American--History and criticism.

Contents	Introduction: Changes in the air and on the ground : nature, the Great Depression, and southern pastoral -- Depleted land, depleted lives : Erskine Caldwell's antipastoral -- Cross creek culture : Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's wilderness pastoral -- Connecting inner and outer nature : Zora Neale Hurston's personal pastoral -- The postpastoral of William Faulkner's Go down, Moses -- Conclusion: Ecopastoral and the past, present, and future of Southern literature.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-197) and index.
LCCN	2008024438
ISBN	9780817316419 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0817316418 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780817381240 (electronic)
ISBN	0817381244 (electronic)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS 261 .R45 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold