Description
In exploring the hidden landscape of desire in American gardens, Gardenland examines literary fiction, horticultural publications, and environmental writing, including works by Charles Dudley Warner, Henry David Thoreau, Willa Cather, Jamaica Kincaid, John McPhee, and Leslie Marmon Silko. Ultimately, Gardenland asks what the past century and a half of garden writing might tell us about our current social and ecological moment, and it offers surprising insight into our changing views about the natural world, along with realms that may otherwise seem remote from the world of leeks and hollyhocks.
About the Author
Jennifer Wren Atkinson is a senior lecturer in American literature and environmental studies at the University of Washington, Bothell.
Book Information
ISBN 9780820358741
Author Jennifer Wren Atkinson
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint University of Georgia Press
Publisher University of Georgia Press
Weight(grams) 385g