Literature and Nature: Four Centuries of Nature Writing [Paperback]

Bridget Keegan (Author), James C. McKusick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 27, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0130122416 | ISBN-13: 978-0130122414 | Edition: 1

For undergraduate courses in literature, or literature and the environment. This extensive collection of writing about nature from the Renaissance forward provides a historical and transnational perspective on literary representations of nature. By exposing students to the diversity of responses that writers from all walks of life have to their physical surroundings, the text provides a broader context to help students appreciate and understand the connection between literature and its environmental and socio-historical background.

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Contents include a variety of literary forms, including poems, short stories, non-fiction essays, travel narratives, and excerpts from novels. These varied selections reveal how concern for the environment cuts across differences of gender, social class, education, religion, race, and ethnicity. Literature and Nature provides a wide range of texts, from both well-known and less-familiar writers, and it offers students a broad base of knowledge from which to reflect and respond.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1114 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (July 27, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130122416
• ISBN-13: 978-0130122414
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,705,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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