Writing About Nature

Author: John A. Murray
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826330857
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
Originally published by the Sierra Club in 1995, this handbook covers genres, techniques, and publication issues for aspiring writers, scholars, and students who want to share their experiences in nature and the outdoors.

Nature Writing

Author: Don Scheese
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134980779
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
In this comprehensive study of the genre, Don Scheese traces its evolution from the pastoralism evident in the natural history observations of Aristotle and the poetry of Virgil to current American writers. He documents the emergence of the modern form of nature writing as a reaction to industrialization. Scheese's personal observations of natural settings sharpen the reader's understanding of the dynamics between author and locale. His study is further informed by ample use of illustrations and close readings core writers such as Thoreau, John Muir, and Mary Austin showing how each writer's work exemplifies the pastoral tradition and celebrate a spirit of place in the United States.

Vesper Flights

Author: Helen Macdonald
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 0802146694
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
The New York Times–bestselling author of H is for Hawk explores the human relationship to the natural world in this “dazzling” essay collection (Wall Street Journal). In Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays, along with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing the massive migration of songbirds from the top of the Empire State Building, watching tens of thousands of cranes in Hungary, seeking the last golden orioles in Suffolk’s poplar forests. She writes with heart-tugging clarity about wild boar, swifts, mushroom hunting, migraines, the strangeness of birds’ nests, and the unexpected guidance and comfort we find when watching wildlife.

Literature and Nature

Author: Bridget Keegan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1250

Book Description
Literature and Nature exposes students to the tremendous diversity of literacy responses to the physical environment. The selections cover four centuries of the best nature writing produced in Britain and America from the Renaissance through the twentieth century. The book includes contributions by writers from all walks of life - men and women of different races, classes and nationalities, each of whom adds a unique perspective to our understanding of the literary representation of the natural world. Contents include a variety of literary forms, including poems, short stories, non-fiction essays, travel narratives, and excerpts from novels. These varied selections reveal how concern for the environment cuts across differences of gender, social class, education, religion, race, and ethnicity. Literature and Nature provides a wide range of texts, from both well-known and less-familiar writers, and it offers students a broad base of knowledge from which to reflect and respond.

Sick of Nature

Author: David Gessner
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584654643
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
Essays that trace the making of a reluctant nature writer.

Seeking Awareness in American Nature Writing

Author: Scott Slovic
Publisher: University of Utah Press
ISBN: 9780874803624
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description

Writing Wild

Author: Tina Welling
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1608682870
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Book Description
Align Your Creative Energy with Nature’s “Everything we know about creating,” writes Tina Welling, “we know intuitively from the natural world.” In Writing Wild, Welling details a three-step “Spirit Walk” process for inviting nature to enliven and inspire our creativity.

Great American Nature Writing

Author: Joseph Wood Krutch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 464

Book Description

The Norton Book of Nature Writing

Author: Robert Finch
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393027990
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 930

Book Description
W. W. Norton is pleased to announce that The Norton Book of Nature Writing is now available in a paperback college edition.

Earth Joy Writing

Author: Cassie Premo Steele
Publisher: Ashland Creek Press
ISBN: 161822039X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 138

Book Description
A seasonal journey to creative and joyful writing In Earth Joy Writing, Cassie Premo Steele draws upon her life’s work as a teacher of writing, literature, and mindfulness to help writers foster a greater connection between the natural world and their own creativity. Earth Joy Writing is a writer’s guide to reconnecting to the earth. In chapters divided by seasons and months of the year, this book will guide you through reflections, exercises, meditations, and journaling prompts—all designed to help you connect more deeply with yourself, others, and your natural surroundings. Weaving together poetry, stories, and cultural wisdom, Earth Joy Writing invites us to consider our connection to the earth and offers hands-on exercises that will help us meaningfully reconnect with our creative selves and with the planet we all share.