
A Natural History of Nature Writing
302 pages
6 x 9
302 pages
6 x 9
A Natural History of Nature Writing is a penetrating overview of the origins and development of a uniquely American literature. Essayist and poet Frank Stewart describes in rich and compelling prose the lives and works of the most prominent American nature writers of the19th and 20th centuries, including:
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter 1. A Hound, a Bay Horse, and a Turtledove
Chapter 2. Timothy the Tortoise
Chapter 3. The Pout's Nest and the Painter's Eye
Chapter 4. The Labor of The Bees
Chapter 5. The Woodcock's Leg
Chapter 6. Mountain Self
Chapter 7. In the Eye of the Wolf
Chapter 8. Small Winged Forms above the Sea
Chapter 9. The Moon-Eyed Horse
Chapter 10. Writing the Wild
Notes
Bibliography And Further Readings
Index