nature in literature

Provides background on the life of American author Jack London and the influences that shaped his life, and features essays that explore wildness as portrayed in his novel "The Call of the Wild.".

Provides background on the life of American author Jack London and the influences that shaped his life, and features essays that explore wildness as portrayed in his novel "The Call of the Wild.".

Looks at five American authors and their connections with human relationship to the natural world.

Explores nature poetry, including famous American and European poets and their poems, as well as literary criticism, poetic technique, explication, and prompts for further study.

Traces the evolution of nature writing in America, analyzing texts by Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Mary Austin, Aldo Leopold, Edward Abbey, and Annie Dillard, and argues that the emergence of the genre was a response to the industrial revolution.

An anthology of American environmental writing produced since the nineteenth century, featuring works that have contributed to the advancement of the environmental movement, including the essays of Henry David Thoreau, selections from Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass," and Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land.".

Examines the ideas and values shared by Aldo Leopold, Joseph Wood Krutch, Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, and Gary Snyder because of their experiences with nature, and argues that their writings have elevated the importance of nature in American culture.

A collection of nature sketches contemplating the richness of God's being and his handiwork.