Environmental and Nature Writing : A Writer's Guide and Anthology / Sean Prentiss and Joe Wilkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prentiss, Sean, author.

Wilkins, Joe, author.

Series:

Bloomsbury Writer's Guides and Anthologies.

Bloomsbury Writer's Guides and Anthologies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative writing.

Nature in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Offering guidance on writing poetry, nonfiction, and fiction alongside an extensive anthology of models, Environmental and Nature Writing is a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing about the environment in a wide range of styles. Now fully revised and updated throughout, this second edition features: a whole new chapter on place-based activities; a more international look at the genre with a completely revised anthology; and a greater focus on climate justice and sustainable transformation. With discussion questions, writing prompts and new extended experiential activities throughout, Environmental and Nature Writing covers such topics as: · The history of writing about the environment from the ancient world to contemporary works · Image, description and metaphor · Environmental journalism, poetry, and fiction · Researching, revising and publishing · Styles of nature writing, from discovery to memoir to polemic With the craft guide and anthology now wholly conversant to give an in-depth look at the various ways to write about the environment, the book also includes inspiring examples of work by Ross Gay, Maximiliane Donicht, Nick Neely, Camille T. Dungy, Amy Nezhukumatathil, John Hausdoerffer among many others!

Contents:

Part I: An Introduction to Nature and Environmental Writing 1. The Trailhead 2. A Short History of Nature and Environmental Writing Part II: The Craft of Nature and Environmental Writing 3: Seeing the World, Believing the World 4: Living Maps 5: People and Place 6: The River Above, the River Below 7: The Art of Activism 8: A World Larger than Ourselves 9: The Nature and Environmental Essay, Story, and Poem 10: One More Time to the River: Writing is Rewriting 11: A Trail Guide 12: Place-Based Activities Part III Environmental and Nature Writing Anthology Creative Nonfiction Fiction Poetry Index

ISBN:

1-350-34653-5

OCLC:

1561171212