Appalachian Pastoral: Mountain Excursions, Aesthetic Visions, and the Antebellum Travel Narrative

by Michael S. Martin

This project overall attempts to recast Appalachian literature in terms of a 'lost tradition' of texts that are generally out-of-print though of central importance to understanding the history of the region and its current environmental and cultural challenges. The epilogue will also consider the way that ecological-based literary criticism offers a vital language for how antebellum travel writers sought to frame the region from a 19th-century environmental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1638040184
• ISBN13: 9781638040187
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Clemson University Press W/ Lup
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.8"