"An Insect View of Its Plain": Insects, Nature and God in Thoreau, Dickinson and Muir - Softcover

McTier, Rosemary Scanlon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786464933 ISBN 13: 9780786464937

Publisher: McFarland, 2013

Synopsis

During the nineteenth century, insects became a very fashionable subject of study, and the writing of the day reflected this popularity. However, despite an increased contemporary interest in ecocriticism and cultural entomology, scholars have largely ignored the presence of insects in nineteenth-century literature. This volume addresses that critical gap by exploring the cultural and literary position of insects in the work of Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, and John Muir. It examines the beliefs these authors share about the nature of our connection to insects and what insects have to teach about creation and our place in it. An important contribution to both ecocriticism and literary entomology, this work contributes much to the understanding of Thoreau, Dickinson, and Muir as nature writers, natural scientists, entomologists, and botanists, and their intimate and highly spiritual relationships with nature.

About this title

About the Author

Rosemary Scanlon McTier is an instructor of English at Waynesburg University in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786464933
• ISBN 13: 9780786464937
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212