Ireland is changing so rapidly that many wonder where it is headed. This book probes the geographical, historical, social, and political currents at play, offering cogent insight into these changes and well-founded projections about the future.
These essays explore how Maine’s unique identity was constructed through its literature as a place imagined primarily through its “nature” and landscape. Discussing writers from Thoreau to E.B. White, this collection shows how this image was formed and endures.