So many people on the Wharton-l have offered great responses and suggestions. It seems I am behind the times. No surprise there. Apparently others have also suggested Adams as the location for The Fruit of the Tree. This is great news. Now I have a place to really center my eco-historical research.
I contacted the Massachusetts historical society in hopes that they might know of people doing environmental history research on the Berkshires. My aunt has also sent me a number of good leads on information regarding Adams and North Adams. Things are taking shape, or at the very least direction.
I'm reading Hudson River Bracketed right now, and am about half way into the novel. This novel will present some challenges I think. I am hoping that some more direct water references will be made, but if not I could use this book as an example of how nature is used as an aesthetic. Plenty of room for this reading in the title alone.
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I get a good idea every now and then!lol i hope the info I e-mail is helpful! A
yay for your thesis coming together. now if we can just find a way for your phd to actually be ecocritical, like at UO, only with better people ;)
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