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Conceptualizing Nature: New England Nature Writers, Robert Pinkham
Conceptualizing Nature: New England Nature Writers, Robert Pinkham
Honors Theses
This thesis examines five New England nature writers and their works from three distinct historical literary periods―William Cullen Bryant’s poetry from the era before industrialism (up to 1830); Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Essays (1841-1844) and Henry David Thoreau’s Walden (1854) from the Industrial Revolution (1830-1860); and finally Robert Frost’s poetry and Henry Beston’s The Outermost House (1929) from the modernist period (1920-1950). These writers are connected by a shared and intense love of nature; however, because they write during different moments in history, their approaches to and definitions of “nature” vary. This thesis engages with these writers and their times in …
Mystics Of Desolation: Craig Childs And Ellen Meloy, Jan Wellington
Mystics Of Desolation: Craig Childs And Ellen Meloy, Jan Wellington
Jan Wellington
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Testimony, Landscape And The West: A Conversation With Stephen Trimble, David Thomas Sumner
Testimony, Landscape And The West: A Conversation With Stephen Trimble, David Thomas Sumner
Faculty Publications
This interview with Stephen Trimble is part of a series of conversations with contemporary western writers about the ethical and cultural implications of nature writing.
Testimony, Refuge, And The Sense Of Place: A Conversation With Terry Tempest Williams, David Thomas Sumner
Testimony, Refuge, And The Sense Of Place: A Conversation With Terry Tempest Williams, David Thomas Sumner
Faculty Publications
This interview with Terry Tempest Williams is part of a series of conversations with contemporary western writers about the ethical and cultural implications of nature writing.
Facts, Shapes, Our Relationship With The Landscape: A Conversation With David Quammen, David Thomas Sumner
Facts, Shapes, Our Relationship With The Landscape: A Conversation With David Quammen, David Thomas Sumner
Faculty Publications
This interview with David Quammen is part of a series of conversations with contemporary western writers about the ethical and cultural implications of nature writing.
Nature Writing, American Literature, And The Idea Of Community: A Conversation With Barry Lopez, David Thomas Sumner
Nature Writing, American Literature, And The Idea Of Community: A Conversation With Barry Lopez, David Thomas Sumner
Faculty Publications
This interview with Barry Lopez is part of a series of conversations with contemporary western writers about the ethical and cultural implications of nature writing.