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- catalog abstract ""Visions of the Land looks at the period from 1840 to 1970 through the works of seven explorers, scientists, and writers, in order to examine the various ways our culture has viewed nature. In this ambitious work, Michael A. Bryson draws upon a wide array of references (narratives, technical reports, natural histories, scientific autobiographies, fictional utopias, and popular scientific literature), to better illustrate the constantly changing manner in which our culture has chosen to conceptualize nature. Dividing the book into three parts, "Narratives of Exploration and the Scientist-Hero," "Imagined Communities and the Scientific Management of Nature," and "Nature's Identity and the Critique of Science," Bryson discusses the works of John C. Fremont, Richard Byrd, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, John Wesley Powell, Susan Cooper, Rachel Carson, and Loren Eiseley"--From H-Net.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b12554952.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""I saw visions": John Charles Frémont and the explorer-scientist as nineteenth-century hero -- "The evidence of my ruin": Richard Byrd's Antarctic sojourn -- "A strange and terrible woman land": Charlotte Perkins Gilman's scientific utopia -- "A unit of country well defined in nature": John Wesley Powell and the scientific management of the American West -- "The earth is the common home of all": Susan Fenimore Cooper's investigations of a settled landscape -- "The relentless drive of life": Rachel Carson's and Loren Eiseley's reformulation of science and nature.".
- catalog description ""Visions of the Land looks at the period from 1840 to 1970 through the works of seven explorers, scientists, and writers, in order to examine the various ways our culture has viewed nature. In this ambitious work, Michael A. Bryson draws upon a wide array of references (narratives, technical reports, natural histories, scientific autobiographies, fictional utopias, and popular scientific literature), to better illustrate the constantly changing manner in which our culture has chosen to conceptualize nature. Dividing the book into three parts, "Narratives of Exploration and the Scientist-Hero," "Imagined Communities and the Scientific Management of Nature," and "Nature's Identity and the Critique of Science," Bryson discusses the works of John C. Fremont, Richard Byrd, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, John Wesley Powell, Susan Cooper, Rachel Carson, and Loren Eiseley"--From H-Net.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-214) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 228 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0813921066 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0813921074 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Under the sign of nature".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "810.9/355 21".
- catalog subject "American literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Ecology in literature.".
- catalog subject "Environmental literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Environmental protection in literature.".
- catalog subject "Landscapes in literature.".
- catalog subject "Literature and science United States History.".
- catalog subject "Nature in literature.".
- catalog subject "PS169.E25 B79 2002".
- catalog subject "Wilderness areas in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents ""I saw visions": John Charles Frémont and the explorer-scientist as nineteenth-century hero -- "The evidence of my ruin": Richard Byrd's Antarctic sojourn -- "A strange and terrible woman land": Charlotte Perkins Gilman's scientific utopia -- "A unit of country well defined in nature": John Wesley Powell and the scientific management of the American West -- "The earth is the common home of all": Susan Fenimore Cooper's investigations of a settled landscape -- "The relentless drive of life": Rachel Carson's and Loren Eiseley's reformulation of science and nature.".
- catalog title "Visions of the land : science, literature, and the American environment from the era of exploration to the age of ecology / Michael A. Bryson.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".