The aesthetics of natural environments / edited by Allen Carlson and Arnold Berleant.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berleant, Arnold, 1932-

Carlson, Allen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature (Aesthetics).

Physical Description:

312 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Peterborough, Ont. ; Orchard Park, NY : Broadview Press, [2004]

Contents:

Introduction: The Aesthetics of Nature / Allen Carlson, Arnold Berleant 11

1. Contemporary Aesthetics and the Neglect of Natural Beauty / Ronald Hepburn 43

2. Appreciation and the Natural Environment / Allen Carlson 63

3. The Aesthetics of Art and Nature / Arnold Berleant 76

4. On Being Moved by Nature: Between Religion and Natural History / Noel Carroll 89

5. Icebreakers: Environmentalism and Natural Aesthetics / Stan Godlovitch 108

6. Landscape and the Metaphysical Imagination / Ronald Hepburn 127

7. Appreciating Nature on Its Own Terms / Yuriko Saito 141

8. Imagination and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature / Emily Brady 156

9. Fact and Fiction in the Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature / Marcia Muelder Eaton 170

10. The Aesthetic Experience of Forests / Holmes Rolston III 182

11. The Narrative and the Ambient in Environmental Aesthetics / Cheryl Foster 197

12. Appreciating Natural Beauty as Natural / Ronald Moore 214

13. What the Hills are Alive With: In Defense of the Sounds of Nature / John Andrew Fisher 232

14. Scenery and the Aesthetics of Nature / Donald W. Crawford 253

15. Aesthetic Appreciation and the Many Stories about Nature / Thomas Heyd 269

16. Environmental Stories: Speaking and Writing Nature / Yrjo Sepanmaa 283.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1551114704

OCLC:

53305476