Par1-3Content“nature”inAmericanLiteratureAppreciationoffamoussentencesLanguagefeaturesandrhetoricdevicesNaturespiritualrefugeInfact,inAmericanliterature,naturehasalwaysbeenanimportanttheme.TherelationshipbetweenmanandnaturehasbeenthecenterofattentionofmanyAmericanwriters.Owingtohistory,cultureandnaturalenvironment,Americanliteraturehasalongtraditionofdescribingnature,fromthecolonialperiodtotoday,andevenformedaspecialAmericannaturalistliterature.naturespiritualrefuge(early17thc)theshadowofthespir