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- catalog abstract ""In this book, Michael Kammen traces the appeal of the four seasons motif in American popular culture and fine arts from the seventeenth century to the present. Its symbolism has evolved through the years, Kammen explains, serving as a metaphor for the human life cycle or religious faith, expressing nostalgia for rural life, and sometimes praising seasonal beauty in the diverse American landscape as the most spectacular in the world. Kammen also highlights artists' and writers' shift in attention from the glories of seasonal peaks to the dynamics of seasonal transitions as American life continued to accelerate and change through the twentieth century." "Few symbols have been as pervasive, meaningful, and symptomatic in the human experience as the four seasons, and as Kammen shows, in its American context the annual cycle has been an abundant and abiding source of inspiration in the nation's cultural history."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13166800.
- catalog coverage "United States Civilization.".
- catalog coverage "United States Intellectual life.".
- catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Few symbols have been as pervasive, meaningful, and symptomatic in the human experience as the four seasons, and as Kammen shows, in its American context the annual cycle has been an abundant and abiding source of inspiration in the nation's cultural history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""In this book, Michael Kammen traces the appeal of the four seasons motif in American popular culture and fine arts from the seventeenth century to the present. Its symbolism has evolved through the years, Kammen explains, serving as a metaphor for the human life cycle or religious faith, expressing nostalgia for rural life, and sometimes praising seasonal beauty in the diverse American landscape as the most spectacular in the world.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-320) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: seasonal cycles and sequences -- From antiquity to the eighteenth century in Europe -- The American reception and adaptation of the four seasons motif -- Nostalgia, nationalism, and the American seasons, 1854-1914 -- American transitions: the seasonal sense of place, time, and imagery -- Nature writers, reader response, and the ambivalence of urban America -- The four seasons and American popular culture: calendars and consumerism -- The four seasons in contemporary American art and poetry -- Conclusion: science and the seasons, retrospection, and reprise.".
- catalog description "Kammen also highlights artists' and writers' shift in attention from the glories of seasonal peaks to the dynamics of seasonal transitions as American life continued to accelerate and change through the twentieth century."".
- catalog extent "336 p., [48] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Time to every purpose.".
- catalog identifier "080782836X (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Time to every purpose.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Time to every purpose.".
- catalog spatial "Europe".
- catalog spatial "United States Civilization.".
- catalog spatial "United States Intellectual life.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "700/.4273 22".
- catalog subject "American literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Art, American History.".
- catalog subject "Art, American.".
- catalog subject "E169.1 .K295 2004".
- catalog subject "Popular culture United States.".
- catalog subject "Seasons Social aspects Europe History.".
- catalog subject "Seasons Social aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Seasons in art.".
- catalog subject "Seasons in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: seasonal cycles and sequences -- From antiquity to the eighteenth century in Europe -- The American reception and adaptation of the four seasons motif -- Nostalgia, nationalism, and the American seasons, 1854-1914 -- American transitions: the seasonal sense of place, time, and imagery -- Nature writers, reader response, and the ambivalence of urban America -- The four seasons and American popular culture: calendars and consumerism -- The four seasons in contemporary American art and poetry -- Conclusion: science and the seasons, retrospection, and reprise.".
- catalog title "A time to every purpose : the four seasons in American culture / Michael Kammen.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".