{"product_id":"reconciling-nature-literary-representations-of-the-natural-1876-1945-paperback","title":"Reconciling Nature: Literary Representations of the Natural, 1876-1945 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert M. Myers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReveals how classic American novels embodied the tensions embedded in American views of the natural world from the Centennial until the end of the Second World War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReconciling Nature\u003c\/i\u003e maps the complex views of the environment that are evident in celebrated American novels written between the Centennial Celebration of 1876 and the end of the Second World War. During this period, which includes the Progressive era and the New Deal, Americans held three contradictory views of the natural world: a recognition of nature's vulnerability to the changes brought by industrialism; a fear of the power of nature to destroy human civilization; and a desire to make nature useful. Robert M. Myers argues they reconciled these conflicting views through nature nostalgia, policing of wilderness areas, and through strategies of control borrowed from the social sciences. Myers combines environmental history with original readings of eight novels, producing fresh perspectives on Mark Twain's \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephen Crane's \u003ci\u003eMaggie\u003c\/i\u003e, Kate Chopin's \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e, Upton Sinclair's \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e, Mary Austin's \u003ci\u003eThe Ford\u003c\/i\u003e, Theodore Dreiser's \u003ci\u003eAn American Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, Zora Neale Hurston's \u003ci\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God\u003c\/i\u003e, and William Faulkner's \u003ci\u003eGo Down, Moses\u003c\/i\u003e. While previous ecocritical works have focused on proto-environmentalism in classic works of literature, \u003ci\u003eReconciling Nature\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ambivalence within these texts, demonstrating how they reproduce views of nature as threatened, threatening, and useful. The epilogue examines the environmental ideologies associated with the development and deployment of the first atomic bomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert M. Myers \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of English and Director of the Environmental Studies program at Lock Haven University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eReluctant Expatriate: The Life of Harold Frederic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49658926956699,"sku":"9781438476780","price":70.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/4602\/1275\/files\/Lbor6W866g9781438476780.webp?v=1790491895","url":"https:\/\/www.statesideqm.com\/products\/reconciling-nature-literary-representations-of-the-natural-1876-1945-paperback","provider":"Stateside Quartermaster, Ltd.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}