Ecology and modern Scottish literature [[electronic resource] /] / Louisa Gairn

• Autore: Gairn Louisa
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.9941109034
• Soggetto topico: Ecology in literature; English literature - Scottish authors - History and criticism; Scottish literature - 19th century - History and criticism; Scottish literature - 20th century - History and criticism
• Classificazione: HG 280
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Re-Mapping Modern Scottish Literature; 1. Feelings for Nature in Victorian Scotland; 2. Strange Lands; 3. Local and Global Outlooks; 4. Dear Green Places; 5. Lines of Defence; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents a provocative and timely reconsideration of modern Scottish literature in the light of ecological thought. Louisa Gairn demonstrates how successive generations of Scottish writers have both reflected on and contributed to the development of international ecological theory and philosophy. Provocative re-readings of works by authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, John Muir, Nan Shepherd, John Burnside, Kathleen Jamie and George Mackay Brown demonstrate the significance of ecological thought across the spectrum of Scottish literary culture. This book traces the influence of
• Titolo autorizzato: Ecology and modern Scottish literature
• ISBN: 0-7486-5344-9; 1-281-78581-4; 9786611785819; 0-7486-3198-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782011403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II