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Passions for nature : nineteenth-century America's aesthetics of alienation / Rochelle L. Johnson.

Passions for nature : nineteenth-century America's aest...

Passions for nature : nineteenth-century America's aesthetics of alienation / Rochelle L. Johnson.

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Passions for nature : nineteenth-century America's aesthetics of alienation / Rochelle L. Johnson.

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Passions for nature : nineteenth-century America's aesthetics of alienation / Rochelle L. Johnson.

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Publisher

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2009.

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N508.01/1

Record Identifier

74Vv6JZ5klOg

MMS ID

991006807519702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xvii, 300 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Contents

Introduction: Nature and aesthetics in nineteenth-century America -- Tracking nature's truth : Susan Fenimore Cooper -- The metaphor of progress : Thomas Cole and the improvements of the American picturesque -- The metaphor of refinement : Andrew Jackson Downing and the moral prescription for landsc...

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Publisher

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2009.

Place of Publication

Georgia

Date Published

c2009.

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Passions for nature : nineteenth-century America's aesthetics of alienation / Rochelle L. Johnson.

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General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-287) and index.

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Date Copyright

c2009.

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N508.01/1

Record Identifier

74Vv6JZ5klOg

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv6JZ5klOg

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ISBN

0820332909 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780820332895 (alk. paper)

0820332895 (alk. paper)

9780820332901 (pbk. : alk. paper)

DDC

508.01

MMS ID

991006807519702626

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