American Georgics: Economy and Environment in Early American Literature

Timothy Sweet

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2002

American Georgics

Economy and Environment in Early American Literature

Timothy Sweet

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812203189

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About this book

American Georgics takes as its primary problem the question of the human place in nature. By extending our understanding of what counts as environmental literature back before Thoreau, Sweet shows that early texts, while not necessarily "green" in contemporary terms, can offer important insights into our relationship to the environment.

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Timothy Sweet is Professor of English at West Virginia University. He is the author also of Traces of War: Poetry, Photography, and the Crisis of the Union.

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"Sweet offers a wide-ranging examination of the agricultural work of North American men and women as seen through the lens of literature. . . . Sweet's greatest achievement is his ability to integrate hundreds of years of discourse about the North American continent into a cohesive narrative of evolving perceptions of environment and humankind's role in shaping it."—American Literature

"Thoughtful, critically intelligent, and well-informed."—Lawrence Buell, Harvard University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Economy And Environment In Sixteenth-Century Promotional Literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
Chapter 2. "God Sells Us All Things For Our Labour" John Smith's Generall Historie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Chapter 3. "Wonder-Working Providence" Of The Market Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Chapter 4. "Admirable Economy": Robert Beverley's Calculus Of Compensation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
Chapter 5 Ideologies Of Farming: Crèvecoeur, Je.Fforson, Rush, And Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter 6. Cherokee "Improvements" And The Removal Debate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
Chapter 7 "Co-Workers With Nature": Cooper, Thoreau, And Marsh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 232
Keywords: Literature; Cultural Studies; Cultural Studies; American History; American Studies

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Published: April 19, 2013
ISBN: 9780812203189