Ecological Restoration and the U.S. Nature and Environmental Writing Tradition A Rewilding of American Letters
This book presents a critical history of the intersections between American environmental literature and ecological restoration policy and practice. Through a storying—restorying—restoring framework, this book explores how entanglements between writers and places have produced literary interventions...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: A Storying—Restorying—Restoring of the Land: Rethinking Ecological Restoration through Literature
- Chapter 2: ‘With Walden in Its Midst:’ Henry David Thoreau, Walden Pond, and the Walden Woods Project
- Chapter 3: ‘No Holier Temple:’ John Muir, the Hetch Hetchy Valley, and Restore Hetch Hetchy
- Chapter 4: ‘On This Sand Farm in Wisconsin:’ Aldo Leopold, the Leopold Shack, and the Aldo Leopold Foundation
- Chapter 5: ‘The Superb Monotony of Saw Grass Under the World of Air:’ Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the Everglades, and Friends of the Everglades
- Chapter 6: ‘The Canyonlands Did Have a Heart, a Living Heart:’ Edward Abbey, Glen Canyon, and the Glen Canyon Institute
- Reflections on Literature, Ecological Restoration, and Activism
- Index