The truth of ecology : nature, culture, and literature in America /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Phillips, Dana, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
American literature > History and criticism.
Natural history literature > United States > History.
Natural history > United States > Historiography.
Environmentalism > United States > History.
Environmental protection in literature.
Environmental policy in literature.
Ecology in literature.
Nature in literature.
Sciences naturelles > Documentation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sciences naturelles > États-Unis > Historiographie.
Environnement > Protection, dans la littérature.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale, dans la littérature.
Nature dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
Ecology in literature
Environmental policy in literature
Environmental protection in literature
Environmentalism
Natural history > Historiography
Natural history literature
Nature in literature
Literatur
Natur > Motiv
Ökologie > Motiv
Umwelt > Motiv
Ökologie
Umweltschutz
Ecologie.
Milieubescherming.
Letterkunde.
Amerikaans.
United States
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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