Early American Nature Writers

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Early American Nature Writers A Biographical Encyclopedia

Daniel Patterson

Roger Thompson and Scott Bryson
Contributing Editors

Book Code: GR4680

ISBN: 0-313-34680-1

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34680-4

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448 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 11/30/2007

List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 7 x 10

Subjects:

Literature » American Literature
Science » Science (General)

Reviews:

This work offers substantial entries on 52 writers, ranging from the literary to the scientific ....Although this volume probably will be most useful for undergraduates, especially those at institutions with strong American literature or nature writing programs, graduate students and faculty also will find it helpful. Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers; general readers.
—Choice July 2008
Along with luminaries such as John James Audubon, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis and Henry David Thoreau this collection of essays includes information on fiction and nonfiction writers who may not be well-studied today, but were very influential in describing young America to America. The 53 entries include descriptions of birders, adventure writers, authors of juvenile fiction, nature guides, botanists, and even the occasional committed hunter, each of whom, in his or her own way, wished to make readers understand that the lush beauty of America was a treasure meant to be cherished rather than consumed.
—SciTech Book News February 2008

Description: Global warming, pollution, and other issues have made the environment a topic of constant discussion these days. Many environmental concerns were treated by early American nature writers, who recognized the beauty of the natural world in an age of commercial expansion. Some of the most famous writers of the 18th and 19th centuries wrote about nature, and their works are stylistic masterpieces. At a time when students are being encouraged to read and write about nonfiction, these masterworks of early American nature writing are all the more important. This book gives students and general readers a welcome introduction to early American nature writers. The volume begins with an introductory essay on the history of early American nature writing and its anticipation of present day concerns. The book then provides alphabetically arranged entries on 52 writers, including:

Elizabeth Agassiz,

John James Audubon,

Ralph Waldo Emerson,

Caroline Stansbury Kirkland,

Thomas Jefferson,

Meriwether Lewis,

Edith M. Thomas,

Henry David Thoreau,

Bradford Torrey,

and Mabel Osgood Wright.

Each entry is written by an expert contributor and discusses the subject's life and works. Entries provide primary and secondary bibliographies, and the encyclopedia closes with suggestions for further reading.

LC Card Number: 2007027958

LCC Class: PS163

Dewey Class: 508

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