Maine's Place in the Environmental Imagination

Maine's Place in the Environmental Imagination
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 145
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ISBN-10 : 9781527563827
ISBN-13 : 1527563820
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Book Synopsis Maine's Place in the Environmental Imagination by : Michael D. Burke

Download or read book Maine's Place in the Environmental Imagination written by Michael D. Burke and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in Maine’s Place in the Environmental Imagination address – from a variety of perspectives – how Maine’s unique identity among the states of the United States has been formed, and what that identity is: A place that is still imagined by others primarily through its environmental associations, its “nature” and landscape, rather than through its social arrangements and human history. The collection attempts a foundational study, not of a regional literature, but of a state literature. In doing so, it makes the case that Maine was constructed imaginatively and environmentally through its literature, and that this image is the one that endures even now. The essays suggest how this identity was formed, by discussing writings ranging from the recently recovered work of Joseph Nicolar, a member of the Penobscot Nation in the late 19th century, to the contemporary Maine author Carolyn Chute; from Thoreau’s canonical essay, “Ktaadn,” to the modernist E.B. White, whose works have an under-appreciated environmental project. Contributors include scholars Nathaniel Lewis, Annette Kolodny, Linda Kornasky, Daniel Malachuk, Kent Ryden, and Lynn Wake


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