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The Bird Woman Takes Her Stand : Gene Stratton Porter's Conservancy as seen in "A Girl of the Limberlost" and "The Harvester"

Knight, Elisabeth D
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=odu1572903002523117

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2019, M.A. (Master of Arts in English), Ohio Dominican University, English.
Stratton Porter’s nature books brought a fresh and anecdotal approach to the science of ornithology and lepidopterology. Her novels were an inspiration to many during the changes that came to the United States from industrialization, increased immigration, growing urbanization, and World War I. Critiques of both her nature books and her novels at the time gave mixed reviews, possibly due to accepted scientific practices and literary tastes. Today, ecocriticism paves the way for new literary study of her naturalist work and its inclusion in her novels. Her core moral values may not entice analysis, but her work and writing as a conservationist may bring this author back to the spotlight. It is the aim of this thesis to review the life and work of Gene Stratton Porter, evaluate the literary and popular acceptance of her work, and to argue the singularity of her contribution to conservation in her novels as demonstrated in "A Girl of the Limberlost" and "The Harvester."
Kelsey Squire, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Jeremy Glazier, M.F.A. (Other)
50 p.
American Literature; Conservation; Regional Studies
Stratton Porter, Conservation, Ecocriticism, Regionalism, Morality, Lepidopterology, Nature Study Movement

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  • Knight, E. D. (2019). The Bird Woman Takes Her Stand : Gene Stratton Porter's Conservancy as seen in "A Girl of the Limberlost" and "The Harvester" [Master's thesis, Ohio Dominican University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=odu1572903002523117

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Knight, Elisabeth. The Bird Woman Takes Her Stand : Gene Stratton Porter's Conservancy as seen in "A Girl of the Limberlost" and "The Harvester" . 2019. Ohio Dominican University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=odu1572903002523117.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Knight, Elisabeth. "The Bird Woman Takes Her Stand : Gene Stratton Porter's Conservancy as seen in "A Girl of the Limberlost" and "The Harvester" ." Master's thesis, Ohio Dominican University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=odu1572903002523117

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