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Abandoned New England : landscape in the works of Homer, Frost, Hopper, Wyeth, and Bishop / Priscilla Paton.

Author/creator Paton, Priscilla
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLebanon, NH : Published by University Press of New England [for] University of New Hampshire, ©2003.
Descriptionxiii, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Revisiting New England
Revisiting New England. ^A446065
Contents Introduction : lost prospects -- Rustic sophistication : lionizing Winslow Homer, defending Robert Frost -- Power and impotence : the black figure and the prey in Winslow Homer's Outdoors -- The hick on the hillside, the woman at the window : Frost's rustics -- Gothic loneliness : the different cases of Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth -- The landscape of desire : Elizabeth Bishop and the feminine earth -- The vernacular ruin and the ghost of self-reliance.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-267) and index.
LCCN 2002156136
ISBN1584653132 (cloth : alk. paper)

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