Literature and the Environment A Reader on Nature and Culture

Name: Literature and the Environment A Reader on Nature and Culture
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ISBN: 9780205229352

ISBN-10: 0205229352

ISBN-13: 9780205229352

Edition: 2nd 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Lorraine Anderson, Scott Slovic, John P. O'Grady

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Book details

Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Pearson Education, Limited
Publication date: 7/17/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 472
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

SCOTT SLOVIC is Professor of Literature and Environment and chair of the graduate program in literature and environment at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is the author of numerous articles on eco-criticism and has authored or edited ten books including "The ISLE Reader: Ecocriticsm, 1993-2003".



Contents by Genre


To the Student


To the Instructor



The Human Animal


Our notions of nature start with how we see ourselves and other creatures



Our Animal Selves


What is wild and instinctual in our nature, and how do we respond to it?


How does this response influence our relations with the outer world?


The Honey Tree



Clambering up a tree in search of honey, the writer exalts in the joy of bodily appetite


Smell!



The poet quizzes his nose on its undomesticated and impolite urges


Living Like Weasels



A startling encounter with a weasel reminds Dillard of the wisdom of living purely in the senses


Irregular Flight



In pursuit of a bird rarely seen in the vicinity, two scientists experience their own mysterious flights of desire


Snow Day



Two city women follow the deeper stirrings of their bodies and taste the sweet earth that raised them


Marking My Territory



The author resorts to a crude method to express his distaste for an oversized home encroaching on the wilds next to where he lives


Collecting Myself



A seed-and-plant collector recalls the wild, free life she enjoyed on her excursions into the field


To Build a Fire



A man traveling in the Yukon on a bitterly cold day pays the price of ignoring his dogï¿½s and his own instinctual wisdom


Human Traits in the Animals



The first popularizer of the nature essays reflects on the extent to which animals share with us ï¿½the ground or basement story of the house of life.ï¿½


Driving from Oregon to


Waiting at the watering


What is the effect of ou


An elderly woman in rural New


Alone in a high mountain meado