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...
Uniform Title: | Integrative natural history series.
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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]
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Edition: | First edition. |
Series: | Integrative natural history series.
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Physical Description: | xii, 298 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm. |
Format: | Book |