Early American Nature Writers: A Biographical Encyclopedia

ISBN-13: 9780313346804 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 448 str.

Daniel Patterson

Opis

Global warming, pollution, and other issues have made the environment a topic of constant discussion these days. Many environmental concerns were treated by early American nature writers, who recognized the beauty of the natural world in an age of commercial expansion. Some of the most famous writers of the 18th and 19th centuries wrote about nature, and their works are stylistic masterpieces. At a time when students are being encouraged to read and write about nonfiction, these masterworks of early American nature writing are all the more important. This book gives students and general readers a welcome introduction to early American nature writers. The volume begins with an introductory essay on the history of early American nature writing and its anticipation of present day concerns. The book then provides alphabetically arranged entries on 52 writers, including: < li> Elizabeth Agassiz, < li> John James Audubon, < li> Ralph Waldo Emerson, < li> Caroline Stansbury Kirkland, < li> Thomas Jefferson, < li> Meriwether Lewis, < li> Edith M. Thomas, < li> Henry David Thoreau, < li> Bradford Torrey, < li> and Mabel Osgood Wright. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and discusses the subject's life and works. Entries provide primary and secondary bibliographies, and the encyclopedia closes with suggestions for further reading.