McKusick, James C.,

Green writing : romanticism and ecology / James C. McKusick. - 1st Palgrave Macmillan pbk. ed. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - xv, 265 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Coleridge and the economy of nature -- Wordsworth's home at Grasmere -- The ecological vision of John Clare -- The end of nature: environmental apocalypse in William Blake and Mary Shelley -- Ralph Waldo Emerson: writing nature -- Henry David Thoreau: life in the woods -- John Muir: a wind-storm in the forests -- Mary Austin: the land of little rain -- Conclusion: the journey onward.

9780230105614 (pbk.) 0230105610 (pbk.)

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English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Nature in literature.
American literature--History and criticism.
Romanticism--English-speaking countries.
Ecology in literature.

PR468.N3 / M38 2010

820.936