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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792232703321

Autore

Phillips Dana <1958->

Titolo

The truth of ecology [[electronic resource] ] : nature, culture, and literature in America / / Dana Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

9786610473779

0-19-803149-1

1-280-47377-0

1-4337-0094-8

0-19-513769-8

1-4237-5749-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/355

Soggetti

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

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

Acknowledgments; Preface: Nature, Culture, and Literature in America; 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; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

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.