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The truth of ecology : nature, culture, and literature in America / Dana Phillips.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Dana, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Natural history literature--United States--History.
- Natural history literature.
- Natural history--United States--Historiography.
- Natural history.
- Environmentalism--United States--History.
- Environmentalism.
- Environmental protection in literature.
- Environmental policy in literature.
- Ecology in literature.
- Nature in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (317 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A wide-ranging appraisal of environmental thought. It explores such topics as the history of ecology, radical science studies and ecology, the need for greater theoretical sophistication in ecocriticism, the dubious legacy of Thoreau, and the contradictions of contemporary nature writing.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Preface: Nature, Culture, and Literature in America; Contents; 1 Expostulations and Replies; 2 Ecology Then and Now; 3 The Science Wars, Ecology, and the Left; 4 Art for Earth's Sake; 5 What Do Nature Writers Want?; Epilogue: A Word for Wildness; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786610473779
- 0-19-803149-1
- 1-280-47377-0
- 1-4337-0094-8
- 0-19-513769-8
- 1-4237-5749-1
- OCLC:
- 64668428
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