The Woods Stretched for Miles - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820352764 ISBN 13: 9780820352763

Publisher: University of Georgia Press, 2017

Synopsis

The Woods Stretched for Miles gathers essays about southern landscape and nature from nineteen writers with geographic or ancestral ties to the region. This remarkable group encompasses not only such well-known names as Wendell Berry and Rick Bass but also distinctive new voices, including Christopher Camuto, Susan Cerulean, and Eddy L. Harris.

From the savannas of south Florida through the hardwood uplands of Mississippi to the coastal rivers of the Carolinas and the high mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, the range in geography covered is equally broad. With insight and eloquence, these diverse talents take up similar themes: environmental restoration, the interplay between individual and community, the definition of wildness in an area transformed by human activity, and the meaning of our reactions to the natural world.

Readers will treasure the passionate and intelligent honorings of land and nature offered by this rich anthology. With the publication of The Woods Stretched for Miles, southern voices establish their abiding place in the ever-popular nature writing genre.

About this title

About the Author

John Lane's writing has been published in "Orion," "American Whitewater," "Southern Review, Terra Nova, and Fourth Genre. His books include Waist Deep in Black Water, The Woods Stretched for Miles," and "Chattooga" (all published by Georgia)," "several volumes of poetry, and "Weed Time," a gathering of his essays. Lane is an associate professor of English at Wofford College.

Review

"I am delighted with the very concept of this anthology of Southern nature writing. There are dozens and dozens of recent scholarly books on environmental literature and anthologies of nonfiction nature writing, nature poetry, and environmental writing in general, including a number of regionally oriented collections. But, so far, other than Molly Westling's ecocritical studies of Southern fiction, few of these recent publications are explicitly devoted to Southern environmental literature. For this reason, there is a significant void that the "The Woods Stretched for Miles" is intended to fill--and I think it fills the void quite well."--Scott Slovic, author of "Being in the World: An Environmental Reader for Writers"

"These writers are careful and accurate observers of both emotion and place. . . . The language is exceptional."--"Library Journal"

"This is an important book--the first of its kind exclusively on the Southeast. It should appeal to general readers who wish to read about the genre in the Southeast, about the long and complex relationship between American culture and nature, and also about controversial environmental issues in the region."--John Murray, editor of "American Nature Writing"

""The Woods Stretched for Miles" is by turns lively, enchanting, provocative, amusing. It will be a great gift, and a great anthology for classroom use."--"ISLE"

I am delighted with the very concept of this anthology of Southern nature writing. There are dozens and dozens of recent scholarly books on environmental literature and anthologies of nonfiction nature writing, nature poetry, and environmental writing in general, including a number of regionally oriented collections. But, so far, other than Molly Westling's ecocritical studies of Southern fiction, few of these recent publications are explicitly devoted to Southern environmental literature. For this reason, there is a significant void that the "The Woods Stretched for Miles" is intended to fill--and I think it fills the void quite well.--Scott Slovic "author of "Being in the World: An Environmental Reader for Writers" "

These writers are careful and accurate observers of both emotion and place. . . . The language is exceptional.--"Library Journal"

This is an important book--the first of its kind exclusively on the Southeast. It should appeal to general readers who wish to read about the genre in the Southeast, about the long and complex relationship between American culture and nature, and also about controversial environmental issues in the region.--John Murray "editor of "American Nature Writing" "

"The Woods Stretched for Miles" is by turns lively, enchanting, provocative, amusing. It will be a great gift, and a great anthology for classroom use.--"ISLE"

I am delighted with the very concept of this anthology of Southern nature writing. There are dozens and dozens of recent scholarly books on environmental literature and anthologies of nonfiction nature writing, nature poetry, and environmental writing in general, including a number of regionally oriented collections. But, so far, other than Molly Westling's ecocritical studies of Southern fiction, few of these recent publications are explicitly devoted to Southern environmental literature. For this reason, there is a significant void that the The Woods Stretched for Miles is intended to fill--and I think it fills the void quite well.

--Scott Slovic "author of Being in the World: An Environmental Reader for Writers "

These writers are careful and accurate observers of both emotion and place. . . . The language is exceptional.

--Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0820352764
• ISBN 13: 9780820352763
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Thurmond Gerald, Lane John