Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-204) and index.
Why ecocriticism? -- Ecocriticism and science -- Et in arcadia ego: pastoral meets ecocriticism -- Place, style, and human nature in Willa Cather's The professor's house -- Hemingway among the animals -- The realist in altruria: evolution, utopianism, and ecology in William Dean Howells.
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Cather, Willa,1873-1947., Professor's house.
Hemingway, Ernest,1899-1961-- Knowledge-- Natural history.
Howells, William Dean,1837-1920-- Knowledge-- Natural history.
American literature-- History and criticism.
Biology in literature.
Ecology in literature.
Literature and science-- United States.
Nature in literature.
Pastoral literature, American-- History and criticism.