Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Ten Iconic Scenes in the Wilderness of Classic American Fiction

Interviewee

Steven L. Hamelman, Coastal Carolina University

Files

Date

11-21-2008

Duration

1:44:09

Description

Scenes are the trees and trees make the forest. Iconic scenes deep­en and broaden the reader's understanding of our national psychology, our appetite for myth, our ideological bearings. Encompassing contradiction, ambiguity, poetic intensity, and emotional diversity, they stand out like illuminated signs in the under- and overgrowth to guide the reader willing to brave the vast wilderness of American fic­tion in order to gain insight into American character and culture.

Comments

This series was made possible through the generous support of HTC, the Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

Subject

Coastal Carolina University--Periodicals;Lecture--Series;Nature in literature;American literature--History and criticism;Hamelman, Steve L.

Rights

Copyright © Coastal Carolina University. For more information contact University Archives at Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC 29526.

Extent

Additional files include a printed speech and flyer

Recommended Citation

Hamelman, Steven L., "Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Ten Iconic Scenes in the Wilderness of Classic American Fiction" (2008). HTC Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Lecture Series. 13.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/dtsls/13