Date of Award
2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in English
Department
English
First Advisor
Leigh Anne Duck
Second Advisor
Jay D. Watson
Third Advisor
Peter Reed
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
Zora 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.
Recommended Citation
Wagner, Elisabeth Anne, "The Ghost Of Ravishment That Lingers In The Land: The Beginnings Of Environmentalism In Seraph On The Suwanee And Go Down, Moses" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 546.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/546