Title Green writing : romanticism and ecology / James C. McKusick

Edition 1st ed Published New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (x, 261 pages) Contents Coleridge and the ecology -- Wordsworth's home at Grasmere -- Ecological vision of John Clare -- End of nature : environmental apocalypse in William Blake and Mary Shelley -- Ralph Waldo Emerson: writing nature -- Henry David Thoreau: life in the woods -- John Muir: a wind-storm in the forests -- Mary Austin: the land of little rain -- Roads not taken Summary This book describes the emergence of ecological understanding among the English Romantic poets, arguing that this new holistic paradigm offered a conceptual and ideological basis for American environmentalism. James C. McKusick reveals the ways in which writers such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Blake contributed to the fundamental ideas and core values of the modern environmental movement, and traces€their vital influence to the work of Emerson, Thoreau, and Muir Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-253) and index Notes English Print version record Subject English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Nature in literature. American literature -- History and criticism. Romanticism -- English-speaking countries Ecology in literature. English poetry -- 19th century -- Themes, motives American literature -- 19th century -- Themes, motives American literature -- 19th century -- English influences Green movement -- United States -- History LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Green movement English poetry -- Themes, motives American literature -- Themes, motives American literature -- English influences American literature Ecology in literature English literature Nature in literature Romanticism Naturlyrik Romantik Umweltbewusstsein Letterkunde. Engels. Amerikaans. Romantiek. Ecologie. Natuur. United States English-speaking countries Englisch. Genre/Form History Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230117419 0230117414 9780312299514 0312299516 1283527006 9781283527002 9786613839459 6613839450 9786611366605 6611366601 1281366609 9781281366603

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