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Green Writing: Romanticism and Ecology 2000th Edition
Author(s): James McKusick (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 18 Jan. 2011
- Edition: 2000th
- Language: English
- Print length: 280 pages
- ISBN-10: 0230105610
- ISBN-13: 9780230105614
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
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“McKusick provides insight into this transatlantic tradition by combining traditional literary analysis with interdisciplinary environmental history.” “Choice”
“”Green Writing” is a splendid and provocative work of socially engaged ecological criticism, offering readers much food for thought.” “Romantic Circles Reviews”
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“”Green Writing” is a splendid and provocative work of socially engaged ecological criticism, offering readers much food for thought.” “Romantic Circles Reviews”
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About the Author
JAMES MCKUSICK is Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. He is the author of Coleridge’s Philosophy of Language and numerous scholarly articles on Coleridge, Byron, and John Clare.
