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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785166203321

Autore

Shepard Paul <1925-1996>

Titolo

Man in the landscape : a historic view of the esthetics of nature / / Paul Shepard; with a new foreword by Dave Foreman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ga. : , : University of Georgia Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-282-72595-5

9786612725951

0-8203-2714-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxviii, 290, v pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

111/.85

Soggetti

Nature (Aesthetics)

Aesthetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2nd ed. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c1991, in series: Environmental history series.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-290) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAPTER ONE: THE EYE""; ""CHAPTER TWO: A SENSE OF PLACE""; ""CHAPTER THREE: THE IMAGE OF THE GARDEN""; ""CHAPTER FOUR: THE ITINERANT EYE""; ""CHAPTER FIVE: THE VIRGIN DREAM""; ""CHAPTER SIX: FELLOW CREATURES""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN: VARIETIES OF NATURE HATING""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT: THE AMERICAN WEST""; ""SOURCES AND REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""