Uneven land
Subtitle: nature and agriculture in American writing
By: Stephanie L. Sarver.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: American literature -- History and criticism; Nature in literature; Pastoral literature, American -- History and criticism; Country life in literature; Agriculture in literature; Landscape in literature; Farm life in literature; Land use in literature
Description: "Uneven Land explores the ambiguous conceptual position of agriculture and nature in American literature during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing on the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Hamlin Garland, Frank Norris, William Ellsworth Smythe, and Liberty Hyde Bailey, Stephanie L. Sarver reveals a range of views about agriculture, its value to the individual, and its relationship to nature."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197) and index.