Tertiary History of the Grand Ca–on District
Tertiary History of the Grand Ca–on District

Author: Clarence Edward Dutton

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 9780816521814

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The classic geological study of the Grand Canyon, commissioned by the fledgling U.S. Geological Survey, is admired today as much for its literary qualities as for its scientific value.

A Literary History of the American West
A Literary History of the American West

Author: Western Literature Association (U.S.)

Publisher: TCU Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 1408

ISBN-13: 9780875650210

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Literary histories, of course, do not have a reason for being unless there exists the literature itself. This volume, perhaps more than others of its kind, is an expression of appreciation for the talented and dedicated literary artists who ignored the odds, avoided temptations to write for popularity or prestige, and chose to write honestly about the American West, believing that experiences long knowns to be of historical importance are also experiences that need and deserve a literature of importance.

Spatial Literary Studies in China
Spatial Literary Studies in China

Author: Ying Fang

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-11-14

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 3031039149

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Spatial Literary Studies in China explores the range of vibrant and innovative research being done in China today. Chinese scholars have been exploring spatially oriented literary criticism in two different and mutually reinforcing directions: the first has focused on the study of Western literature, especially U.S. and European texts and theory, and the second has examined Chinese cultures, texts, and spaces. This collection of essays demonstrates Chinese scholars’ insightful interpretation, evaluation, and innovative application of international spatial analyses, theories, and methodologies, as well as their inspiring exploration and reconstruction of distinctively Chinese critical and theoretical discourses. For the first time in English, the essays in this volume demonstrate the vitality of literary geography, geocriticism, and the spatial humanities in China in the twenty-first century.

Culture, Technology, and the Creation of America's National Parks
Culture, Technology, and the Creation of America's National Parks

Author: Richard A. Grusin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-04-22

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780521826495

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Richard Grusin's innovative study investigates how the establishment of national parks participated in the production of American national identity after the Civil War. The creation of America's national parks is usually seen as an uncomplicated act of environmental preservation. Grusin argues, instead, that parks must be understood as complex cultural technologies for the reproduction of nature as landscape art. He explores the origins of America's three major parks - Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Canyon--in relation to other forms of landscape representation including photography, mapping, travel writing and fiction.