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Stewart, Frank, 1946-

A natural history of nature writing / Frank Stewart.

Washington, D.C. : Island Press [for] Shearwater Books, ©1995.

xxiii, 279 pages ; 23 cm

In Western society we feel neither entirely at one with our fellow creatures, nor entirely separate. Over the years, nature writers have struggled, in memorable language, with this feeling of "in-betweeness." A Natural History of Nature Writing shows us how this genre combines the rigors of science with the beauty of art to make our minds and our hearts whole. The book offers a penetrating overview of the origins and development of this uniquely American literature. Essayist and poet Frank Stewart describes in rich and compelling prose the lives and works of the most prominent American nature writers of the 19th and 20th centuries.

American prose literature -- History and criticism.

Natural history -- United States -- Historiography.

Nature in literature.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-270) and index.

Also issued online.

A hound, bay horse, and a turtledove -- Timothy the Tortoise -- The pout's nest and the painter's eye -- The labor of the bees -- The Woodcock's leg -- Mountain self -- In the eye of the wolf -- Small winged forms above the sea -- The moon-eyed horse -- Writing the wild.

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94029330

155963278X

9781559632782

1559632798

9781559632799

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