This book describes the emergence of ecological understanding among the English Romantic poets, arguing that this new holistic paradigm offered a conceptual and ideological basis for American environmentalism. Coleridge, Wordsworth, Blake, John Clare, and Mary Shelley all contributed to the fundamental ideas and core values of the modern environmental movement; their vital influence was openly acknowledged by Emerson, Thoreau, John Muir, and Mary Austin. By revealing hitherto unsuspected links between English and American nature writers, this book elucidates the Romantic origins of American environmentalism.
| ISBN: | 9781349386314 |
| Publication date: | 18th December 2015 |
| Author: | NA NA |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 261 pages |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 |
This book describes the emergence of ecological understanding among the English Romantic poets, arguing that this new holistic paradigm offered a conceptual and ideological basis for American environmentalism. Coleridge, Wordsworth, Blake, John Clare, and Mary Shelley all contributed to the fundamental ideas and core values of the modern environmental movement; their vital influence was openly acknowledged by Emerson, Thoreau, John Muir, and Mary Austin. By revealing hitherto unsuspected links between English and American nature writers, this book elucidates the Romantic origins of American environmentalism.
Green Writing features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
Green Writing is available in Paperback
Green Writing was written by NA NA and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US
Green Writing has 261 pages