{"product_id":"reading-the-roots-american-nature-writing-before-walden-paperback","title":"Reading the Roots: American Nature Writing Before Walden - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael P. Branch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading the Roots\u003c\/i\u003e is an unprecedented anthology of outstanding early writings about American nature--a rich, influential, yet critically underappreciated body of work. Rather than begin with Henry David Thoreau, who is often identified as the progenitor of American nature writing, editor Michael P. Branch instead surveys the long tradition that prefigures and anticipates Thoreau and his literary descendants. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe selections in \u003ci\u003eReading the Roots\u003c\/i\u003e describe a diversity of landscapes, wildlife, and natural phenomena, and their authors represent many different nationalities, cultural affiliations, religious views, and ideological perspectives. The writings gathered here also range widely in terms of subject, rhetorical form, and disciplinary approach--from promotional tracts and European narratives of contact with Native Americans to examples of scientific theology and romantic nature writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume also includes a critical introduction discussing the cultural, scientific, and literary value of early American nature writing; headnotes that contextualize all authors and selections; and a substantial bibliography of primary and secondary sources in the field. \u003ci\u003eReading the Roots\u003c\/i\u003e at last makes early American landscapes--and a range of literary responses to them--accessible to scholars, students, and general readers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael P. Branch, professor of literature and environment at the University of Nevada, Reno, is cofounder and past president of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) and book review editor of the journal \"ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment.\" The author of numerous articles and reviews, he is also editor of \"John Muir's Last Journey: South to the Amazon and East to Africa\" and co-editor of \"The Height of Our Mountains: Nature Writing from Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley,\" \"Reading the Earth: New Directions in the Study of Literature and Environment,\" and \"The ISLE Reader\" (Georgia).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 430\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.18 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751711670560,"sku":"9780820325484","price":43.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/316fa626443c6cbf1980cfebd68a5c0f.webp?v=1779978358","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/reading-the-roots-american-nature-writing-before-walden-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}