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John Burroughs and the place of nature /

Main Author: Warren, James Perrin.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Burroughs, John, > 1837-1921 > Criticism and interpretation.
Muir, John, > 1838-1914 > Criticism and interpretation.
Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919 > Knowledge.
Burroughs, John, > 1837-1921 > Influence.
Burroughs, John, > 1837-1921 > Critique et interprétation.
Muir, John, > 1838-1914 > Critique et interprétation.
Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919 > Et les sciences naturelles.
Burroughs, John, > 1837-1921.
Muir, John, > 1838-1914.
Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919.
Nature in literature.
American prose literature > History and criticism. > 19th century
Natural history literature > United States.
Natural history > United States.
Nature dans la littérature.
Prose américaine > Histoire et critique. > 19e siècle
Sciences naturelles > Documentation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sciences naturelles > Histoire. > États-Unis
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Essays.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American prose literature.
Art.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Natural history.
Natural history literature.
United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the power of place
  • Great neighbors : Emerson, Thoreau, and the writer's place
  • Whitman land : John Burroughs's pastoral criticism
  • Pastoral illustration : Burroughs, Muir, and the Century magazine
  • Landscapes beginning to be born : Alaska and the pictorial imagination
  • The "best of places" : Roosevelt as literary naturalist
  • The divine abyss : Burroughs and Muir in the new century
  • Conclusion : the place of elegy.

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