Beyond romantic ecocriticism : toward urbanatural roosting / Ashton Nichols.

Author/creator Nichols, Ashton, 1953-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Descriptionxxiii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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SeriesNineteenth-century major lives and letters
Nineteenth-century major lives and letters. ^A719558
Contents Prologue: urbanatural roosting -- Spring, vernal roosting: romantic ecocriticism: March: a new urbanatural year & the history of natural history; April: poetry and science & nature as culture, culture as society; May: species science & saving cities, saving tigers -- Summer, estival roosting: ecocriticism: June: vestiges of time & Thoreau and urbanature; July: wild animals have no souls & ecomorphic urbanature; August: the loves of plants and animals & romantic poetry and pleasures of nature -- Fall, autumnal roosting: urbanature: September: from natural pleasure to natural pain & a perfect bird, a perfect poem; October: hawks I have watched & urbanatural roosting on display; November: science and poetry & a hard rain's gonna fall -- Winter, hibernal roosting: beyond romantic ecocriticism: December: zoos: romantic rhinos and Victorian vipers; January: displaying human beings & romantic urbanature; February: death and dying & ecomorphic ecocentrism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010035165
ISBN9780230102675
ISBN0230102670

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Joyner General Stacks PR468.N3 N53 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold