In Wetlands and Western Cultures: Denigration to Conservation, Rod Giblett examines the portrayal of wetlands in Western culture and argues for their conservation. Giblett's analysis of the wetland motif in literature and the arts, including in Beowulf and the writings of Tolkien and Thoreau, demonstrates two approaches to wetlands-their denigration as dead or their commendation as living waters with a potent cultural history.
| ISBN: | 9781793643452 |
| Publication date: | 19th May 2021 |
| Author: | Rodney James Giblett |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 238 pages |
| Series: | Environment and Society |
| Genres: |
The Earth: natural history: general interest Rivers and lakes Conservation of the environment Nature and the natural world: general interest Literature: history and criticism |