03162nam 22006371 450 991051174050332120200514202323.01-4742-7504-41-4742-7502-81-4742-7503-610.5040/9781474275040(CKB)3710000001083759(MiAaPQ)EBC4812507(MiAaPQ)EBC6160301(OCoLC)973882226(UkLoBP)bpp09260638(EXLCZ)99371000000108375920170524d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe new nature writing rethinking the literature of place /Jos SmithLondon ;New York :Bloomsbury Academic,2017.1 online resource (241 pages) illustrationsEnvironmental cultures1-350-09218-5 1-4742-7501-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.'"--Provided by publisher.Environmental cultures series.Natural history literatureGreat BritainNatural historyGreat BritainAuthorshipEnglish prose literatureHistory and criticismLandscapes in literatureBioregionalism in literaturePlace (Philosophy) in literatureNature in literatureNatural history literatureNatural historyAuthorship.English prose literatureHistory and criticism.Landscapes in literature.Bioregionalism in literature.Place (Philosophy) in literature.Nature in literature.508.41Smith Jos1980-1068060UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910511740503321The new nature writing2552488UNINA