Richard J. Schneider Wayne Franklin Lawrence Buell
The contributors to this work address how the environmentalist Henry David Thoreau and his successors attempted to cope with the epistemological split between the perceiver and place inherent in writing about nature. They discuss the kinds of discourse most effective for writing about place.
The contributors to this work address how the environmentalist Henry David Thoreau and his successors attempted to cope with the epistemological split...
Today's students are as likely to encounter Thoreau in freshman composition classes as they are in upper-level environmental literature seminars. ""The challenge of teaching Thoreau, then,"" Richard J. Schneider says, ""is how to make most effective use of his obvious appeal amid the variety of possible course structures, critical theories, and pedagogical methods.
Today's students are as likely to encounter Thoreau in freshman composition classes as they are in upper-level environmental literature seminars. ""Th...
Recent book-length studies of Thoreau have focused either on his place in the history of the natural sciences or have applied political principles to his works. None, however, has fully addressed what ecocritic Rebecca Solnit calls "the Thoreau problem," the compartmentalizing of Thoreau's mind into either that of a hermit of nature or that of a champion of social reform. This book proposes an interdisciplinary solution to this problem through the connection between Thoreau's ecological study of nature and his intense interest in the emerging social sciences, especially the history of...
Recent book-length studies of Thoreau have focused either on his place in the history of the natural sciences or have applied political principles to ...
