03527nam 22007571 450 991052919390332120200514202323.097814742750401474275044978147427502614742750289781474275033147427503610.5040/9781474275040(CKB)3710000001083759(MiAaPQ)EBC4812507(MiAaPQ)EBC6160301(OCoLC)973882226(UkLoBP)bpp09260638(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/92786(PPN)258049669(UkLoBP)BP9781474275040BC(oapen)doab92786(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 cultures9781350092181 1350092185 9781474275019 147427501X 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.Bioregionalism in literatureEnglish prose literatureHistory and criticismLandscapes in literatureNatural history literatureGreat BritainNatural historyGreat BritainAuthorshipNature in literaturePlace (Philosophy) in literatureBioregionalism in literature.English prose literatureHistory and criticism.Landscapes in literature.Natural history literatureNatural historyAuthorship.Nature in literature.Place (Philosophy) in literature.508.41LIT004120LIT007000bisacshSmith Jos1980-1173347UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910529193903321The new nature writing2728829UNINA