John Burroughs and the place of nature / James Perrin Warren.

Author/creator Warren, James Perrin
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAthens : University of Georgia Press,
Descriptionxiii, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921--Criticism and interpretation.
Muir, John, 1838-1914--Criticism and interpretation.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Knowledge. --Natural history.
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921--Influence.
Nature in literature.
American prose literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
Natural history literature--United States. --History.
Natural history--United States. --History.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-258) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005021230
ISBN0820327883 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780820327884

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