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Reading nature : the evolution of American nature writing / John Seibert Farnsworth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farnsworth, John Seibert, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ecoliterature, American--History and criticism.
- Ecoliterature, American.
- Nature in literature.
- Genre:
- Literary criticism.
- Critiques litteraires.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 139 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "Reading Nature highlights the ten books that most influenced the scope and direction of literary natural history in the United States. It explores how American nature writing came to focus on the deep observation of wild landscapes and how the genre evolved over 163 years, beginning with the publication of Henry David Thoreau's Walden in 1854. The volume also examines Mary Austin's Land of Little Rain (1903), John Burroughs's Ways of Nature (1905), Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac (1949), Rachel Carson's The Sea around Us (1951), Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire (1968), Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974), Terry Tempest Williams's Refuge (1991), Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass (2013), and Drew Lanham's The Home Place (2016). This book features a series of close readings exploring how these authors transformed popular understanding of the natural world"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781609177843
- 1609177843
- OCLC:
- 1484995607
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