William Wordsworth and the ecology of authorship : the roots of environmentalism in nineteenth-century culture /
In William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship, Scott Hess explores Wordsworth's defining role in establishing what he designates as "the ecology of authorship": a primarily middle-class, nineteenth-century conception of nature associated with aesthetics, high culture, individual...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2012
Charlottesville [Va.] : 2012 Charlottesville : 2012 |
| Series: | Under the sign of nature
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| Summary: | In William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship, Scott Hess explores Wordsworth's defining role in establishing what he designates as "the ecology of authorship": a primarily middle-class, nineteenth-century conception of nature associated with aesthetics, high culture, individualism, and nation. Instead of viewing Wordsworth as an early ecologist, Hess places him within a context that is largely cultural and aesthetic. The supposedly universal Wordsworthian vision of nature, Hess argues, was in this sense specifically male, middle class, professional, and culturally elite-factors that continue to shape the environmental movement today. Book jacket |
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| Physical Description: | x, 290 p. ; 24 cm x, 290 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-282) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0813932300 (cloth : acid-free paper) 0813932300 0813932319 (ebook) 0813932319 0813932327 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0813932327 9780813932309 (cloth : acid-free paper) 9780813932309 9780813932316 (ebook) 9780813932316 9780813932323 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 9780813932323 |