Dowses for large bodies of water in American literature from the colonial period to the present, drawing on modern critical concepts and the canon expanded to include women and African and Native Americans. The 14 essays include discussions of journals and diaries, hymns and chanteys, Melville, Cooper, and the Great Lakes. Black-and-white reproductions of 17 works of seascape are also presented and discussed. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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