This Ecstatic Nation

by Ryan, Terre

• ISBN13: 9781558498730
• ISBN10: 1558498737
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-31
• Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr

Summary

An eco-critical memoir that examines the ongoing power of an American myth

Author Biography

Terre Ryan completed her MA in creative writing at City College of New York and her PhD in English at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is an assistant professor in the Writing Department, Loyola University Maryland.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Pass the Bottle: Scenic America	p. 7
In the Name of the Bomb: The Wasteland's Atomic Bloom	p. 27
Timber Culture: Scenic Oregon and the Aesthetics of Clearcuts	p. 51
Open (for Business) Range: Wyoming's Pay Dirt and the Virtual Sublime	p. 89
Conclusion: Green Patriotism: From ôMoral Geographyö to ôMoral Ecologyö	p. 123
Notes	p. 139
Index	p. 167
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