Fuck the 'New' Nature Writing. Guide to American Nature Writing. | Introduction & Scope | Bibliographies & Research Guides | Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | | Anthologies & Collections | Databases | Periodicals | Articles | Literary Criticism | | Literary Nonfiction | Fiction | Poetry | Internet Sources | Perhaps because we began as pioneers in the wilderness, America has a strong tradition of “nature writing” - works of literature grounded in ideals pertaining to the natural world. As witnessed through the work of Native American writers, the Transcendentalists, more modern nature writers of the 20th and early 21st centuries, and others, it is clear that the natural environment and ecology have played a very significant role in the development of our literary traditions.
While many point to Henry David Thoreau’s seminal work, Walden, as the quintessential work of nature writing, this discipline truly encompasses a wide array of literature which includes literary nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and ecocriticism. Guide to Abbreviations Subject Headings. Cornelia Dean. Plenty of Water, but Little to Drink By CORNELIA DEAN New books dive into our planet’s dwindling supply of clean water, a resource that might often seem omnipresent. October 8, 2013, Tuesday Standard-Bearer in Evolution Fight Eugenie C. Scott, longtime director of the National Center for Science Education, has spent a career beating back efforts to teach creationism in schools across America. September 3, 2013, Tuesday Saying Less and Doing More Supporting friends in times of serious trouble, like during an illness, can be difficult. June 18, 2013, Tuesday Costs of Shoring Up Coastal Communities Even as communities in New Jersey clamor for sand, scientists warn that rising seas will make maintaining artificial beaches too expensive or simply impossible.
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