Living oil : petroleum culture in the American century /
Steph anie LeMenager.
- xi, 263 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Oxford Studies in American Literary History ; 5 .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-246) and index.
Introduction: Ultradeep, petroleum culture in the American century - - Origins, spills -- The aesthetics of petroleum -- Petromelancholia -- The petroleum archive.
9780190461973 (paperback: alk. paper)
2013-016997
American literature---- History and criticism. Ecocriticism. Petroleum industry and trade-- United States. Environmental protection in literature. Environmental policy in literature. Petroleum in literature.