Living oil : petroleum culture in the American century /

LeMenager, Stephanie, 1968-

Living oil : petroleum culture in the American century / Stephanie LeMenager. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations. - Oxford studies in American literary history ; 5 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: Ultradeep, petroleum culture in the American century -- Origins, spills -- The aesthetics of petroleum -- Petromelancholia -- The petroleum archive.



9780199899432


American literature--History and criticism.
Ecocriticism.
Environmental policy in literature.
Environmental protection in literature.
Petroleum in literature.
Petroleum industry and trade--United States.


Electronic Books.

PS169 / .L585 2014