Walking in the Land of Many Gods : Remembering Sacred Reason in Contemporary Environmental Literature /

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How are we placed on Earth? What is our relationship to the world around us, and how Walking in the Land of Many Gods envisions a new way of thinking about the world, one grounded in a moral imagination reconnected to Earth. Insightful readings of three contemporary classics of nature writing-Janiss...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wohlpart, A. James, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : The University of Georgia Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Human ecology in literature.
Environmental literature.
Ecology in literature.
Ecocriticism.
American literature.
Écocritique.
Écologie humaine dans la litterature.
American literature > History and criticism.
Environmental literature > History and criticism.
Nature in literature in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:How are we placed on Earth? What is our relationship to the world around us, and how Walking in the Land of Many Gods envisions a new way of thinking about the world, one grounded in a moral imagination reconnected to Earth. Insightful readings of three contemporary classics of nature writing-Janisse Ray's Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, Terry Tempest Williams's Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, and Linda Hogan's Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World -are at the heart of Wohlpart's endeavor. Powerful and affecting works like these reveal a pathway to a deeper rem.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780820345871

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