Reclaiming Nostalgia: Longing for Nature in American Literature

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Reclaiming Nostalgia Under the Sign of Nature EXPLORATIONS IN ECOCRITICISM EDITORS Michael P. Branch, SueEllen Campbell, John Tallmadge SERIES CONSULTANTS Lawrence Buell, John Elder, Scott Slovic SERIES ADVISORY BOARD Michael P. Cohen, Richard Kerridge, Gretchen Legler, Ian Marshall, Dan Peck, Jennifer Price, Kent Ryden, Rebecca Solnit, Anne Whiston Spirn, Hertha D. Sweet Wong Reclaiming Nostalgia Longing for Nature in American Literature jennifer k. ladino University of Virginia Press charlottesville and london A book in the American Literatures Initiative (ALI), a collaborative publishing project of NYU Press, Fordham University Press, Rutgers University Press, Temple University Press, and the University of Virginia Press. The Initiative is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For more information, please visit www.americanliteratures.org. University of Virginia Press© 2012 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper First published 2012 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Ladino, Jennifer K. Reclaiming nostalgia : longing for nature in American literature / Jennifer K. Ladino. p. cm. — (Under the sign of nature: explorations in ecocriticism) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8139-3334-4 (cloth : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-8139-3335-1 (pbk. : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-8139-3336-8 (e-book) 1. American literature—History and criticism. 2. Nature in literature. 3. Nostalgia in literature. 4. Homesickness in literature. I. Title. PS163.L33 2012 810.9'36—dc23 2012026242 for Evan Page and Elliott Miles ...