University of Mississippi
The Ghost Of Ravishment That Lingers In The Land: The Beginnings Of Environmentalism In Seraph On The Suwanee And Go Down, Moses
Abstract
dc:description.abstractZora Neale Hurston and William Faulkner are recognized for their environmental writing. However, few scholars have acknowledged the sophisticated environmentalism present in Hurston's Seraph on the Suwanee and Faulkner's fictional depiction of Lafayette County in Go Down, Moses. This thesis seeks to prove that Hurston and Faulkner were keenly aware of the ecological problems of their hometowns through a close reading of each book alongside the environmental history each book was based on, Eatonville, Florida and Lafayette County, Mississippi respectively. Each author's distinct regional environmental knowledge helped Hurston and Faulkner to see larger national and global problems with using land for economic profit.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.A. in English
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English
- Year dc:date.available
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Wagner, Elisabeth Anne
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Leigh Anne Duck
- Jay D. Watson
- Peter Reed
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/546
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-1545