Early American Nature Writers

作者:Patterson, Daniel (EDT)/ Thompson, Roger (CON)/ Bryson, Scott (CON)

页数:560

出版时间:2007-11

价格:$ 141.25

isbn号码:9780313346804

At a time when the environment is of growing concern to students and general readers, nature writing is especially meaningful. This book profiles the literary careers of 52 early American nature writers, such as John James Audubon, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Caroline Stansbury Kirkland, Thomas Jefferson, Henry David Thoreau, and Mabel Osgood Wright. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and discusses the writer's life and works. Entries close with primary and secondary bibliographies. The encyclopedia ends with suggestions for further reading.