Animals in the American classics : how natural history inspired great fiction / edited by John Cullen Gruesser ; foreword by William I. Lutterschmidt.

"As defined by conservation biologist Thomas Fleishner, natural history is "a practice of intentional, focused receptivity to the more-than-human world . . . one of the oldest continuous human traditions." Seldom is this idea so clearly reflected as in classic works of American fiction of the ninete...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Integrative natural history series.
Other Authors: Gruesser, John Cullen, 1959- (Editor)
Lutterschmidt, William I. (writer of foreword.)
Beegel, Susan F., 1954- (Contributor)
Bird, John, 1954- (Contributor)
Clarke, Deborah, 1956- (Contributor)
Donahoo, Robert (Contributor)
Engel, William E., 1957- (Contributor)
Heavilin, Barbara A., 1945- (Contributor)
Peebles, Stacey L. (Stacey Lyn), 1976- (Contributor)
Phillips, Philip Edward (Contributor)
Reynolds, Anthony (Contributor)
Sherrard-Johnson, Cherene, 1973- (Contributor)
Sweeney, Susan Elizabeth, 1958- (Contributor)
Yothers, Brian, 1975- (Contributor)
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Integrative natural history series.
Subjects:
American literature > History and criticism.
Animals in literature.
Natural history in literature.
Humanity in literature.
American literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:xii, 298 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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