Bibliograph

The lay of the land, metaphor as experience and history in American life and letters

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The lay of the land, metaphor as experience and history in American life and letters

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The lay of the land

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

metaphor as experience and history in American life and letters

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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