Culture and Environmental Collection
Check out these books donated by Dr. Hunt as part of our Culture and Environment collection.
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Literature of the American West by Call Number: PS561 .L59 2003ISBN: 9780205324613Publication Date: 2002-09-30
A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West by Call Number: PS169.W4 C66 2011ISBN: 9781405187336Publication Date: 2011-05-06
American Indian Literature and the Southwest by Call Number: PS153.I52 A49 1999ISBN: 9780292704886Publication Date: 1999-01-01
The Geographical Imagination of Annie Proulx by Call Number: PS3566.R697 Z67 2009ISBN: 9780739123942Publication Date: 2008-12-16
Native American Literature by Call Number: PM155 .W54 1984ISBN: 9780805774085Publication Date: 1985-03-01
A Road Runs Through It by Call Number: QH545.R62 R63 2006 (special collections)ISBN: 9781555663711Publication Date: 2006-07-01
An Ecological and Postcolonial Study of Literature by Call Number: PR830.I593 M37 2007ISBN: 9781403976406Publication Date: 2007-03-15
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The Late Modernism of Cormac McCarthy by Call Number: PS3563.C337 Z69 2002ISBN: 9780313322273Publication Date: 2002-07-30
Mexican Americans and the Environment by Call Number: E184.M5 P395 2005ISBN: 9780816522118Publication Date: 2005-04-01
Chicano Renaissance by Call Number: E184.M5 C453 2000ISBN: 9780816520206Publication Date: 2000-08-01
The Cultures of the American New West by Call Number: F595.3 .C34 2000ISBN: 9780748611768Publication Date: 2000-06-14
The World Turned Upside Down by Call Number: E77 .W883 1994ISBN: 9780312102814Publication Date: 1994-03-15
The Demon of the Continent by Call Number: PS173.I6 B45 2001ISBN: 9780812217483Publication Date: 2000-10-18
Sense of Place and Sense of Planet by Call Number: GE197 .H445 2008ISBN: 9780195335644Publication Date: 2008-09-29
Searching by Subject Heading
When researching literature in a library catalog, subject headings are often the most efficient way of searching the library catalog. There are several types of headings that you should consider as you conduct your searches: authors as subjects, national literatures, and literary themes.
To find books about an author and his or her works, a subject search for the author (last name, first name) is the most efficient way to search.
To find criticism, specifically, search for the genre name plus the words "criticism and interpretation."
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American--History and criticism.
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre)--Criticism and interpretation.
- Gothic fiction (Literary genre)--History and criticism.
Sample Subject Headings
Type
Form
Example
Author as Subject
Last name, First name
Castillo, Anna
Literary Genre
Nationality genre
American drama
American fiction
American poetry
American prose literature
Literary Themes
Theme + in literature
Psychoanalysis in literature
Literature + theme
Literature - psychology
Theme + and literature
Psychoanalysis and literature
National Literature
Nationality + Literature
American literature
American literature - African American authors
Period History
Nation + history + time period
United States -- History -- 20th century
United States -- History
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From our home-page discovery search:
If you've searched using our home page's discovery tool and found something we don't have here, you can click the "Request the article from Interlibrary Loan" link within the "Get It" section. If you are already signed into ILL, the link will open a request with most information of the article or book filled out.
From WorldCat
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