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020 a| 9780807841181q| (pbk.);

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035 a| (OCoLC)1518202898;

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050 4 a| PS88b| .K65 1984;

082 04 a| 810.9362| 23;

100 1 a| Kolodny, Annette,d| 1941-2019,e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcBXYD94wM8cpJmh648YP=| ^A65094;

245 14 a| The lay of the land :b| metaphor as experience and history in American life and letters /c| by Annette Kolodny.;

264 1 a| Chapel Hill :b| University of North Carolina Press,c| [1984];

300 a| xiii, 185 pages ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| 1. Unearthing Herstory : An Introduction -- 2. Surveying the Virgin Land : The Documents of Exploration and Colonization, 1500-1740 -- 3. Laying Waste Her Fields of Plenty. The Eighteenth Century ; The Visionary Line: The Poetry of Philip Freneau ; The Dubious Pleasures of an American Farmer: Crevecoeur's Letters and Sketches ; Transitions -- -- 4. Singing Her Past and Singing Her Praises . The Nineteeth Century ; The Country as It Oughtta' Be: John James Audubon ; Natty Bumppo as The American Dream: The Leatherstocking Novels of James Fenimore Cooper ; Every Mother's Son : The Revolutionary War Romances of Willam Gilmore Simms ; The Closed Frontier -- 5. Making It with Paradise. The Twentieth Century ; Some thoughts for Our Bicentennial ; A Meditation on Metaphor.;

530 a| Also issued online.;

520 a| Preface / ix -- Abbreviations / xiii -- 1. Unearthing Herstory An Introduction -- 2. Surveying the Virgin Land -- The Documents of Exploration and Colonization, 1500 -- 1740 -- 3. Laying Waste Her Fields of Plenty -- The Eighteenth Century -- The Visionary Line: The Poetry of Philip Freneau -- The Dubious Pleasures of an American Farmer: Crevecoeur's Letters and Sketches -- Transitions -- 4. Singing Her Past and Singing Her Praises -- The Nineteeth Century -- The Country as It Oughtta' Be: John James Audubon -- Natty Bumppo as The American Dream: The Leatherstocking Novels of James Fenimore Cooper -- Every Mother's Son : The Revolutionary War Romances of Willam Gilmore Simms -- The Closed Frontier -- 5. Making It with Paradise -- The Twentieth Century -- Some thoughts for Our Bicentennial -- A Meditation on Metaphor -- A Meditiation on Metaphor.;

590 3| Joyner-- a| Replaces 1975 edition.;

600 10 a| Freneau, Philip Morin,d| 1752-1832x| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A26514;

600 10 a| Cooper, James Fenimore,d| 1789-1851x| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A21572;

600 10 a| Audubon, John James,d| 1785-1851.=| ^A33889;

650 0 a| American literaturex| History and criticism.=| ^A16698;

651 0 a| United Statesx| Historyx| Philosophy.=| ^A39877;

650 0 a| Nature in literature.=| ^A36402;

650 0 a| Communication.=| ^A280;

650 0 a| Misinformation.=| ^A1448831;

655 7 a| Criticism, interpretation, etc.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01411635;

655 7 a| History.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01411628;

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The lay of the land : metaphor as experience and history in American life and letters / by Annette Kolodny.

Author/creator	Kolodny, Annette author.
Format	Book
Publication	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1984]
Copyright Date	©1975
Description	xiii, 185 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832--Criticism and interpretation. Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851--Criticism and interpretation. Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. American literature--History and criticism. Nature in literature. Communication. Misinformation. United States--History. --Philosophy.

Contents	1. Unearthing Herstory : An Introduction -- 2. Surveying the Virgin Land : The Documents of Exploration and Colonization, 1500-1740 -- 3. Laying Waste Her Fields of Plenty. The Eighteenth Century ; The Visionary Line: The Poetry of Philip Freneau ; The Dubious Pleasures of an American Farmer: Crevecoeur's Letters and Sketches ; Transitions -- -- 4. Singing Her Past and Singing Her Praises . The Nineteeth Century ; The Country as It Oughtta' Be: John James Audubon ; Natty Bumppo as The American Dream: The Leatherstocking Novels of James Fenimore Cooper ; Every Mother's Son : The Revolutionary War Romances of Willam Gilmore Simms ; The Closed Frontier -- 5. Making It with Paradise. The Twentieth Century ; Some thoughts for Our Bicentennial ; A Meditation on Metaphor.
Abstract	Preface / ix -- Abbreviations / xiii -- 1. Unearthing Herstory An Introduction -- 2. Surveying the Virgin Land -- The Documents of Exploration and Colonization, 1500 -- 1740 -- 3. Laying Waste Her Fields of Plenty -- The Eighteenth Century -- The Visionary Line: The Poetry of Philip Freneau -- The Dubious Pleasures of an American Farmer: Crevecoeur's Letters and Sketches -- Transitions -- 4. Singing Her Past and Singing Her Praises -- The Nineteeth Century -- The Country as It Oughtta' Be: John James Audubon -- Natty Bumppo as The American Dream: The Leatherstocking Novels of James Fenimore Cooper -- Every Mother's Son : The Revolutionary War Romances of Willam Gilmore Simms -- The Closed Frontier -- 5. Making It with Paradise -- The Twentieth Century -- Some thoughts for Our Bicentennial -- A Meditation on Metaphor -- A Meditiation on Metaphor.
Local note	Joyner-- Replaces 1975 edition.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other forms	Also issued online.
Issued in other form	Online version: Kolodny, Annette, 1941- Lay of the land. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1975]
Genre/form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/form	History.
Genre/form	Dictionaries.
ISBN	9780807841181 (pbk.)
ISBN	0807841188 (pbk.)

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