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Author Campbell, John R., 1957-

Title Absence and light : meditations from the Klamath Marshes / John R. Campbell
Published Reno : University of Nevada Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (140, [1] pages)
Series Environmental arts and humanities series
Environmental arts and humanities series.
Summary ""In order to accept the enormous responsibility that comes of being in the world, we must first conceive, in spite of all the obstacles, the state of actually being the world." It is for this reason that John R. Campbell came to the Klamath marshes, a wetland in southern Oregon formed by three ancient, shallow lakes, a vast emptiness that is paradoxically home to an amazing diversity of life, of untold thousands of birds both migratory and resident, of all the interconnected life forms that make up one of North America's richest natural environments."
"Absence and Light is Campbell's account of his exploration of the marshes and a meditation on the world he found there, on his growing understanding of the physical, emotional, moral, and aesthetic meaning of that world, on his own growth as a man. Through Campbell's eyes, we observe the stirring and astonishing beauty of the marshes and their creatures, and the utter poignancy of their fragility before the heedless ambitions of humankind." "This is nature writing at its most profound and moving, writing that in examining and defining the world of nature helps us to understand the very complicated and contradictory realities of being human. Campbell's luminous descriptions and mystical insights will long linger in the reader's memory."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-141)
Notes English
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Subject Human ecology -- United States -- Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges -- Philosophy
Human ecology -- United States -- Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges -- Religious aspects
Marsh ecology -- United States -- Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges
Philosophy of nature -- United States -- Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges
Human ecology -- Religious aspects.
NATURE -- Essays.
NATURE -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
Ecology
Human ecology -- Philosophy
Human ecology -- Religious aspects
Marsh ecology
Philosophy of nature
SUBJECT Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges -- Environmental conditions
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2001008687
ISBN 0874175283
9780874175288
0874174961
9780874174960