Literature of Nature

Literature of Nature

Author: Patrick D. Murphy

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

ISBN: 1579580106

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 490

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Sixty-five contributions discuss historical and contemporary nature writing--nonfiction, fiction, and poetry--in the US and Canada; Europe; Asia and the Pacific; Africa and Arab nations; and Latin America. An additional section considers the literature thematically and cross-culturally. Sample topics include the mountain in 20th- century French literature, woman and the land in the Romanian agrarian novel, war and environment in African literature, and science fiction as environmental literature. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Literature of Nature
Language: en
Pages: 490

Literature of Nature

Authors: Patrick D. Murphy, Terry Gifford, Katsunori Yamazato
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Sixty-five contributions discuss historical and contemporary nature writing--nonfiction, fiction, and poetry--in the US and Canada; Europe; Asia and the Pacific; Africa and Arab nations; and Latin America. An additional section considers the literature thematically and cross-culturally. Sample topics include the mountain in 20th- century French literature, woman and the land
Talking Animals in British Children's Fiction, 1786-1914
Language: en
Pages: 205

Talking Animals in British Children's Fiction, 1786-1914

Authors: Tess Cosslett
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Nineteenth-century scholars, children's literature specialists, and historians of science and childhood will engage with Tess Cosslett's examination of nineteenth-century debates about the human and animal in children's stories such as Black Beauty, Beaut
The Canadian Short Story
Language: en
Pages: 426

The Canadian Short Story

Authors: Reingard M. Nischik
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Camden House

The first anthology of critical interpretations of major Canadian short stories.
Animal Encounters
Language: en
Pages: 280

Animal Encounters

Authors: Manuela S. Rossini, Tom Tyler
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-26 - Publisher: BRILL

In a series of encounters between leading practitioners in the field of Animal Studies, this collection of essays explores the contradictory and revealing ways in which humans and other animals meet, interact, and experience one another.
Nature Ethics
Language: en
Pages: 339

Nature Ethics

Authors: Marti Kheel
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

In Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective, Marti Kheel explores the underlying worldview of 'nature ethics,' offering an alternative ecofeminist approach. Seeking to heal the divisions between the seemingly disparate movements and philosophies of feminism, animal advocacy, environmental ethics, and holistic health, Kheel proposes an ecofeminist philosophy that underscores the importance