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- catalog abstract "More than any other single characteristic, aridity defines the American West. Water scarcity and its biologically critical function have also molded the regional literature of the region. Using novels by Barbara Kingsolver, Edward Abbey, John Steinbeck and Mary Austin, Dripping Dry combines literary analysis with environmental criticism to demonstrate how the myths that have pervaded the regional literature of the West have interacted with the myths that have shaped water policy throughout the twentieth century. The four works selected (Animal Dreams, The Monkey Wrench Gang, The Grapes of Wrath, and The Ford) present a composite portrait of reclamation, which the author argues is one of the most important cultural and ecological phenomena in the nation's history. The tensions and contradictions presented by the novels underscore the compelling need for an ecocritique of the relationship between literature and politics. David N. Cassuto deciphers the myths of reclamation and restoration and presents a third alternative--sustainability--in their stead. The challenge is a large one, because of the size and complexity of the region and because nature continues to evolve and create itself, a process involving language, ideology, and the land. The book is designed to be an interdisciplinary contribution both to the emerging field of literature and the environment, as well as to environmental studies.".
- catalog contributor b12128256.
- catalog coverage "Southwest, New In literature.".
- catalog coverage "Southwest, New Intellectual life.".
- catalog coverage "Southwest, New Politics and government.".
- catalog coverage "Southwestern States Intellectual life.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "More than any other single characteristic, aridity defines the American West. Water scarcity and its biologically critical function have also molded the regional literature of the region. Using novels by Barbara Kingsolver, Edward Abbey, John Steinbeck and Mary Austin, Dripping Dry combines literary analysis with environmental criticism to demonstrate how the myths that have pervaded the regional literature of the West have interacted with the myths that have shaped water policy throughout the twentieth century. The four works selected (Animal Dreams, The Monkey Wrench Gang, The Grapes of Wrath, and The Ford) present a composite portrait of reclamation, which the author argues is one of the most important cultural and ecological phenomena in the nation's history. The tensions and contradictions presented by the novels underscore the compelling need for an ecocritique of the relationship between literature and politics. David N. Cassuto deciphers the myths of reclamation and restoration and presents a third alternative--sustainability--in their stead. The challenge is a large one, because of the size and complexity of the region and because nature continues to evolve and create itself, a process involving language, ideology, and the land. The book is designed to be an interdisciplinary contribution both to the emerging field of literature and the environment, as well as to environmental studies.".
- catalog description "The birth of the hydraulic conflict -- River wars : Los Angeles, the Owens Valley, and Mary Austin's The ford -- Turning wine into water : water's crucial absence in The grapes of wrath -- Waging water : hydrology versus mythology in The monkey wrench gang -- The environmental system : animal dreams and the rhetoric of environment -- Imaging sustainability.".
- catalog extent "viii, 206 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Dripping dry.".
- catalog identifier "0472067567 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0472097563 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Dripping dry.".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in literature and science".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press,".
- catalog relation "Dripping dry.".
- catalog spatial "Southwest, New In literature.".
- catalog spatial "Southwest, New Intellectual life.".
- catalog spatial "Southwest, New Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "Southwest, New".
- catalog spatial "Southwest, New.".
- catalog spatial "Southwestern States Intellectual life.".
- catalog subject "810.9/358 21".
- catalog subject "American literature Southwest, New History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Authors, American Homes and haunts Southwest, New.".
- catalog subject "Deserts in literature.".
- catalog subject "PS277 .C37 2001".
- catalog subject "Politics and literature Southwest, New.".
- catalog subject "Water Southwest, New.".
- catalog subject "Water in literature.".
- catalog subject "Water-supply Political aspects Southwest, New.".
- catalog subject "Water-supply Southwest, New.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The birth of the hydraulic conflict -- River wars : Los Angeles, the Owens Valley, and Mary Austin's The ford -- Turning wine into water : water's crucial absence in The grapes of wrath -- Waging water : hydrology versus mythology in The monkey wrench gang -- The environmental system : animal dreams and the rhetoric of environment -- Imaging sustainability.".
- catalog title "Dripping dry : literature, politics, and water in the desert Southwest / David N. Cassuto.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".