One problem in determining the literary value of Rural Hours lies in our inability to classify its genre. The book takes the form of a nonfictional journal, but Rural Hours cannot be classified as autobiography in the traditional sense of one writer imparting the story of his or her life experiences. Cooper portrays her outside world as much as her personal experiences, and she relates her writings to her community more than to her own life. One is tempted to call Rural Hours "nature writing" and, in fact, her contemporary supporters do classify her text as such, but Cooper's text does not meet the typical criteria for this genre, either. This is in part because of the imprecision of definitions of nature writing itself.
One problem in determining the literary value of Rural Hours lies in our inability to classify its genre. The book takes the form of a nonfictional journal, but Rural Hours cannot be classified as autobiography in the traditional sense of one writer imparting the story of his or her life experiences. Cooper portrays her outside world as much as her personal experiences, and she relates her writings to her community more than to her own life. One is tempted to call Rural Hours "nature writing" and, in fact, her contemporary supporters do classify her text as such, but Cooper's text does not meet the typical criteria for this genre, either. This is in part because of the imprecision of definitions of nature writing itself.
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