1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910511740503321

Autore

Smith Jos <1980->

Titolo

The new nature writing : rethinking the literature of place / / Jos Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2017

ISBN

1-4742-7504-4

1-4742-7502-8

1-4742-7503-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Environmental cultures

Disciplina

508.41

Soggetti

Natural history literature - Great Britain

Natural history - Great Britain - Authorship

English prose literature - History and criticism

Landscapes in literature

Bioregionalism in literature

Place (Philosophy) in literature

Nature in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. The Local -- 2. The Wild -- 3. Edgelands -- 4. Periphery -- 5. Archipelago -- 6. Geologies -- Afterword: Lyrics Place -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"In the last decade, the proliferation and popularity of landscape writing in Britain and Ireland -- often referred to as "the new nature writing' -- has unearthed an intricate labyrinth of horizons to contemporary writing about place. The New Nature Writing: Rethinking Place in Contemporary Literature offers the first critical study of the genre. Drawing on original interviews with authors, archival research, and the latest scholarly work in the fields of literary geographies, critical localism and archipelagic criticism, the book covers the work of such writers as Robert MacFarlane, Richard Mabey and Alice Oswald. Examining the ways in which these writers have engaged with a wide range of different environments, from the edgelands to island spaces, Jos Smith reveals how they recreate a resourceful and dynamic sense of



localism in rebellion against the homogenising growth of 'clone town Britain.'"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828318403321

Autore

Adams Peter <1947->

Titolo

Fatal necessity : British intervention in New Zealand, 1830-1847 / / Peter Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wellington, New Zealand : , : Bridget Williams Books, , 2013

©1977

ISBN

1-927277-21-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Disciplina

993.101

993.1019

Soggetti

New Zealand History To 1840

New Zealand History 1840-1876

Great Britain Colonies Administration History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents --  Preface --  Introduction --  The Making of a British Colony 1830-1840 --  The New Zealand Frontier --  The British Response to the Frontier --  Pressures for Change --  Colonial Office Policy-Making --  The Annexation of New Zealand --  The Meaning of the Treaty of Waitangi 1840-1847 --  Land and Colonization --  Law and Custom --  The Obligations of Good Faith --  Appendixes --  References --  Chapter 1 to 8 notes --  Appendixes --  Abbreviations --  Bibliography --  Index.

Sommario/riassunto

A detailed examination of the circumstances leading to British intervention and hence to the Treaty of Waitangi, <i>Fatal Necessity</i> was first published in 1977.  Now re-issued as an e-book, this key text in Treaty studies emphasises that the dual aim of British policy was to protect both settlers and Maori; the reality, however, proved very different.