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Phillips Dana <1958-> |
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Titolo |
The truth of ecology [[electronic resource] ] : nature, culture, and literature in America / / Dana Phillips |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
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9786610473779 |
0-19-803149-1 |
1-280-47377-0 |
1-4337-0094-8 |
0-19-513769-8 |
1-4237-5749-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (317 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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