Bird Songs in Literature: Bird Songs and the Poems They Have Inspired

Krutch, Joseph Wood; Kellogg, Peter

ISBN 10: 1433233886 ISBN 13: 9781433233883

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks, 2008

Synopsis

The songs of birds have been an inspiration to poets since before the days of Chaucer. Now, thanks to modern techniques, we can hear on one recording both the words of the poem itself and the song of the bird that inspired it.

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About the Author

Joseph Wood Krutch (1893-1970) was an American writer, critic, and naturalist. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, he initially studied at the University of Tennessee before receiving a master's degree from Columbia University. He is the author of several books on a variety of topics, including biographies of Samuel Johnson and Henry David Thoreau. The Measure of Man, which is perhaps his most enduring work, was published in 1954 and won the National Book Award for Nonfiction the following year. After moving to Arizona in 1952, he wrote books on ecology, the southwestern desert environment, and the natural history of the Grand Canyon, winning renown as a naturalist and conservationist.

Frederick G. Marcham is an ornithologist, naturalist, and professor of English history at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1433233886
• ISBN 13: 9781433233883
• Binding: MP3 CD
• Language: English