Since its founding four hundred years ago, New England has been a
vital source of nature writing. Maybe it’s the diversity of
landscapes huddled so close together or the marriage of nature and
culture in a relatively small, six-state region. Maybe it’s the
regenerative powers of the ecosystem in a place of repeated
exploitations. Or maybe we have simply been thinking about our
relationship with the natural world longer than everyone. If all
successive nature writing is a footnote to Henry David Thoreau,
then New England has a strong claim to being the birthplace of the
genre. But there are, as the sixty entries in this anthology
demonstrate, many other regional voices that extol the wonders and
beauty of the outdoors, explore local ecology, and call for
environmental sustainability. Between these covers, Noah Webster
calls for our stewardship of nature and Lydia Sigourney finds
sublime pleasure in it. Jonathan Edwards and Helen Keller both find
miracles, while Samuel Peters and Mark Twain find humor. Author
Nathaniel Hawthorne discovers a place to hide his metaphors, while
the enslaved James Mars discovers an actual hiding place. Through
it all is the apprehension of a profound and lasting splendor,
“the glory of physical nature,” as W.E.B. Dubois calls it,
something beyond our everyday concerns and yet tied so closely to
our daily lives that we cannot escape it. Nature writing cultivates
our sense of beauty, inflaming curiosity and the passion to
explore. It opens us to deep, primal experiences that enrich life.
Anyone wanting to understand our relationship with the world must
start here.
General
| Imprint: |
Globe Pequot Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2024 |
| Authors: |
Eric D Lehman
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| Dimensions: |
237 x 162 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
272 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4930-8424-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-4930-8424-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781493084241 |
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