Earth Works: Selected Essays - Hardcover

Sanders, Scott Russell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253000947 ISBN 13: 9780253000941

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2012

Synopsis

In the hands of award-winning writer Scott Russell Sanders, the essay becomes an inquisitive and revelatory form of art. In 30 of his finest essays—nine never before collected—Sanders examines his Midwestern background, his father's drinking, his opposition to war, his literary inheritance, and his feeling for wildness. He also tackles such vital issues as the disruption of Earth's climate, the impact of technology, the mystique of money, the ideology of consumerism, and the meaning of sustainability. Throughout, he asks perennial questions: What is a good life? How do family and culture shape a person's character? How should we treat one another and the Earth? What is our role in the cosmos? Readers and writers alike will find wisdom and inspiration in Sanders's luminous and thought-provoking prose.

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Book Description

An Englewood Review of Books best book of 2012

About the Author

Scott Russell Sanders, Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at Indiana University Bloomington, is author of 20 books of fiction and nonfiction, including A Private History of Awe, Writing from the Center (IUP, 1995), and A Conservationist Manifesto (IUP, 2009). Among his honors are the Lannan Literary Award, the John Burroughs Essay Award, and the Mark Twain Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0253000947
• ISBN 13: 9780253000941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 376