Title The truth of ecology : nature, culture, and literature in America / Dana Phillips

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 300 pages) Contents 1. Expostulations and Replies -- 2. Ecology Then and Now -- 3. The Science Wars, Ecology, and the Left -- 4. Art for Earth's Sake -- 5. What do Nature Writers Want? -- Epilogue: A Word for Wildness Summary A wide-ranging appraisal of environmental thought. It explores such topics as the history of ecology, radical science studies and ecology, the need for greater theoretical sophistication in ecocriticism, the dubious legacy of Thoreau, and the contradictions of contemporary nature writing Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject American literature -- History and criticism. Natural history literature -- United States -- History Natural history -- United States -- Historiography Environmentalism -- United States -- History Environmental protection in literature. Environmental policy in literature. Ecology in literature. Nature in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American literature Ecology in literature Environmental policy in literature Environmental protection in literature Environmentalism Natural history -- Historiography Natural history literature Nature in literature Literatur Natur Motiv Ökologie Motiv Umwelt Motiv Ökologie Umweltschutz Ecologie. Milieubescherming. Letterkunde. Amerikaans. United States USA Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781423757498 1423757491 9780199787937 019978793X

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