The Fall Into Eden: Lanscape and Imagination in California

The Fall Into Eden: Lanscape and Imagination in California by David Wyatt. Published by Cambridge University Press, NY, 1988. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardbound, No DJ. Size 8vo. Condition: Nr Fine. ISBN 0521323991. LCCN 86-1004. In this book, David Wyatt examines the mythology of California as it is reflected in the literature of the region. He argues that the encounter with landscape played an important role in literature of the West, and distinguishes this particular characteristic from the literatures of other American regions. Wyatt discusses in depth the writings of Dana, Leonard, Fremont, Muir, King, Austin, Norris, Steinbeck, and Chandler, Jeffers and Snyder and their literary reactions to the landscape. By examining the changing role of the landscape in literature of California, the book sheds new light on an important theme in the American creative popular consciousness. 280 Pgs. Description text copyright 2006 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 10868.