In the first expansive study of American pastoral since Leo Marx's The Machine in the Garden , Mikkelsen reinvigorates discussion of this literary mode as a form of cultural commentary whose subjects extend beyond the simple or rustic life to encompass the major social, economic, and political transformations of the past century.
| ISBN: | 9780230105836 |
| Publication date: | 26th January 2011 |
| Author: | Ann Marie Mikkelsen |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 244 pages |
| Series: | Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism Western philosophy from c 1800 Literary studies: poetry and poets |