Isbn: 9780807828366 - a Time to Every Purpose: the Four Seasons in American Culture (19 results)

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by The University of North Carolina Press, 2004. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 336 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Condition Notes: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 336 pages, 48 pages of colour plates, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Fine DJ. A fine copy of the first printing. *** "In artworks from a mosaic by Marc Chagall to schoolchildren's paintings, in writings from Susan Fenimore Cooper to Annie Dillard, and in diverse print sources from family genealogical registers to seed catalogs, the four seasons appear and reappear as a theme in American culture. In this richly illustrated book, Michael Kammen traces the appeal of the four seasons motif in American popular culture and fine arts from the seventeenth century to the present. Its symbolism has evolved through the years, Kammen explains, serving as a metaphor for the human life cycle or religious faith, expressing nostalgia for rural life, and sometimes praising seasonal beauty in the diverse American landscape as the most spectacular in the world. Kammen also highlights artists' and writers' shift in attention from the glories of seasonal peaks to the dynamics of seasonal transitions as American life continued to accelerate and change through the twentieth century. Few symbols have been as pervasive, meaningful, and symptomatic in the human experience as the four seasons, and as Kammen shows, in its American context the annual cycle has been an abundant and abiding source of inspiration in the nation's cultural history." - Publisher. Size: 4to. Collectible.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First printing. 336 pages, illustrated in b&w and 48 full page color plates. "This book is a fascinating look at American responses to nature and its seasons through changing intellectual and cultural moments. The author reaches deeply and imaginatively into art, literature, and popular culture to produce a multidimensional study that highlights change and continuity in Americans; relationship to the natural world and the troupes that represent it." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET, signed by the author. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Condition. 400 pp., 113 illustrations 48 in color. Light scuffing to the dustjacket cover, otherwise a fine copy. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 2004. First edition. First printing, with full number line to 1. Fine in a fine jacket. Quarter navy blue cloth over gray paper-covered boards; spine lettered in gilt. Navy blue endpapers. A tight, clean copy. As customary with many university-press publications, the jacket was issued without a printed price. 8vo, 336 pp., including index; illustrated with black-and-white photographs and 48 full-page color plates. A cultural history of the four seasons in American art, literature, thought, and popular culture. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector.…

hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Condition Notes: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Near Fine. First edition, review copy with slip laid in. Quarto. 336pp. Illustrated with color plates. Very good (plus) with slightly bowed boards and bumped corners in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and edge wear. An interesting look at American responses to nature and its seasons through changing intellectual and cultural moments.…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.; 400 pages.

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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.