| Description |
1 online resource (226 pages) : illustration |
| Series |
Environmental cultures |
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Environmental cultures series.
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| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Nature writing; After nature; Debate; Chapter 1 The Local; Confluence; Dart; Four Fields; Chapter 2 The Wild; Inter-animation; Intertwined; Rewilding; Chapter 3 Edgelands; Modern nature; Feral modernity; An edgelands heritage; Chapter 4 The Periphery; 'A bridge into the real world'; 'Making Amends'; A quest for Space; Chapter 5 Archipelago; An Aran Keening; The good ship; Art's no-place; Chapter 6 Geologies; Clearings; Geopoetics; Place-making; Afterword: Lyric Place; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"In the last decade, the proliferation and popularity of landscape writing in Britain and Ireland -- often referred to as "the new nature writing' -- has unearthed an intricate labyrinth of horizons to contemporary writing about place. The New Nature Writing: Rethinking Place in Contemporary Literature offers the first critical study of the genre. Drawing on original interviews with authors, archival research, and the latest scholarly work in the fields of literary geographies, critical localism and archipelagic criticism, the book covers the work of such writers as Robert MacFarlane, Richard Mabey and Alice Oswald. Examining the ways in which these writers have engaged with a wide range of different environments, from the edgelands to island spaces, Jos Smith reveals how they recreate a resourceful and dynamic sense of localism in rebellion against the homogenising growth of 'clone town Britain.'"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 24, 2017) |
| Subject |
Natural history literature -- Great Britain
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Natural history -- Great Britain -- Authorship
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English prose literature -- History and criticism
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Landscapes in literature.
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Bioregionalism in literature.
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Place (Philosophy) in literature.
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Nature in literature.
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
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Literary studies: from c 1900.
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NATURE -- Essays.
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NATURE -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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Bioregionalism in literature
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English prose literature
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Landscapes in literature
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Natural history -- Authorship
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Natural history literature
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Nature in literature
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Place (Philosophy) in literature
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474275033 |
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1474275036 |
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9781474275026 |
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1474275028 |
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1474275044 |
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9781474275040 |
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