| Description |
1 online resource (284 pages) |
| Series |
Nature, Culture and Literature, 1 ; v. no. 1 |
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Nature, Culture and Literature, 1
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Individuals: Sacred Combes and Islands; Chapter 2: Our Membership in the Community of Nature; Chapter 3: Pastoral: Down from the Hills of Greece, into the Combes of Devon; Chapter 4: Nature Loved and Lost: Emotional Dynamics in Daniel Martin; Chapter 5: Nature Discovered: The Scientific Outlook; Chapter 6: Calmly, Nobly Triumphant: The Mystery of Wilderness; Chapter 7: Science Not the Only Avenue: Fowles' Anti-Positivism; Chapter 8: Romanticism Heals a Blinded Eye: Poetic Receptivity to Nature; Chapter 9: Treacherous Namers and Collectors |
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Chapter 10: Being, Being, Being: From Zen to D.H. LawrenceConclusions; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Ecocriticism is the emerging academic field which explores nature writing and ecological themes in all literature. Thomas M. Wilson's book is the first to consider the work of one of the most critically acclaimed and generally popular post-war English writers from an ecocritical perspective. Fowles is best known as a novelist and author of such works as The Magus, The French Lieutenant's Woman and Daniel Martin. Going beyond the fiction, this book also examines the many profound reflections on the natural world found in his essays, poems and his recently published Journals . John Fowles' writi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Fowles, John, 1926-2005 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Fowles, John, 1926-2005 fast |
| Subject |
Nature in literature.
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Nature in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789401202916 |
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9401202915 |
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