Norton Book of Nature Writing - Softcover

Robert Finch

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393978168 ISBN 13: 9780393978162

Publisher: WWNortonCoInc,2002, 2002

Synopsis

A Norton anthology on Nature

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Review:

This fine, well-annotated anthology offers selections from familiar writers such as Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Annie Dillard, and Barry Lopez. It contains surprises as well, including George Orwell's little-known essay, "Some Thoughts on the Common Toad" and Herman Melville's musings on how the great white whale came to be so white in the first place, the fruit of the deep natural-historical research that underlies Moby-Dick. At more than 900 pages, The Norton Book of Nature Writing is too hefty to pack into the wild, but every page is an inspiration to take into the world outdoors.

From Library Journal:

Nature is the language of the Earth and its creatures--the windstorm in the forest, the tadpole in the pond, snowflakes on the summit, the fins and forms of most fish, toadstools, moss, tarantulas, and the silk of spiders. The "children of Linnaeus," nature writers such as Darwin, Emerson, Thoreau, Melville, Audubon, and Muir, have captured the essence of wilderness and beast. This anthology draws upon the works of these and 83 other authors, spanning two centuries of English and American literature to provide a concise introduction to this literary form. A worthy addition to general and academic collections.
- Mikey Scott, Torrey Pines High Sch., Del Mar, Cal.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: WWNortonCoInc,2002
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0393978168
• ISBN 13: 9780393978162
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1152