The Lay of the Land
Metaphor As Experience and History in American Life and Letters
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Feminist Criticism, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Annette Kolodny | ISBN: | 9781469619569 |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press | Publication: | November 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Annette Kolodny |
| ISBN: | 9781469619569 |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Publication: | November 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Language: | English |
An original and highly unusual psycholinguistic study of American literature and culture from 1584 to 1860, this volume focuses on the metaphor of 'land-as-woman.' It is the first systematic documentation of the recurrent responses to the American continent as a feminine entity (as Mother, as Virgin, as Temptress, as the Ravished), and it is also the first systematic inquiry into the metaphor's implications for the current ecological crisis.
An original and highly unusual psycholinguistic study of American literature and culture from 1584 to 1860, this volume focuses on the metaphor of 'land-as-woman.' It is the first systematic documentation of the recurrent responses to the American continent as a feminine entity (as Mother, as Virgin, as Temptress, as the Ravished), and it is also the first systematic inquiry into the metaphor's implications for the current ecological crisis.
