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Constructing Nature: Readings from the American Experience (1996)

by Richard Jenseth (Editor), Edward E. Lotto (Editor)

Other authors: Edward Abbey (Contributor), Sandra Alcosser (Contributor), John James Audubon (Contributor), William Bartram (Contributor), Isabella L. Bird (Contributor) — 34 more, William Cullen Bryant (Contributor), John Burroughs (Contributor), Ernest Callenbach (Contributor), Rachel Carson (Contributor), Christopher Columbus (Contributor), Emily Dickinson (Contributor), Annie Dillard (Contributor), Paula DiPerna (Contributor), Gretel Ehrlich (Contributor), Ralph Waldo Emerson (Contributor), Dana Gioia (Contributor), Al Gore (Contributor), Nathaniel Hawthorne (Contributor), Thomas Jefferson (Contributor), Sarah Orne Jewett (Contributor), Jack Kerouac (Contributor), Bartolomé de Las Casas (Contributor), Aldo Leopold (Contributor), Barry Lopez (Contributor), Norman Maclean (Contributor), William Matthews (Contributor), John McPhee (Contributor), Carolyn Merchant (Contributor), N. Scott Momaday (Contributor), P.J. O'Rourke (Contributor), Mary Oliver (Contributor), Gifford Pinchot (Contributor), Michael Pollan (Contributor), Theodore Roosevelt (Contributor), Rik Scarce (Contributor), Leslie Marmon Silko (Contributor), J. Hector St John de Crèvecoeur (Contributor), Henry David Thoreau (Contributor), Walt Whitman (Contributor)

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This work is a reader on nature that presents substantial, complex readings within the context of American culture. Assignment sequences have been provided to help readers learn to write on a single subject from a variety of perspectives. The reading selections are organized chronologically and focus exclusively on the concept of nature in America. Readers thus can see how nature has been viewed historically, from the time of the exploration of the new world to the present day. A major section on the current environment movement allows readers to connect their work with what is happening in the world right now. -- From publisher.… (more)

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808.0427Literature › modified standard subdivisions › Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures › Rhetoric and anthologies › Handbooks for writers › English

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PE1417.C6519Language and Literature › English language › English › Modern English

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