Beyond Romantic Ecocriticism : Toward Urbanatural Roosting /

Nichols chronicles the Enlightenment view of 'Nature' as static and separate from humans as it moved towards the Romantic 'nature' characterized by dynamic links among all living things. Engaging Romantic and Victorian thinkers, as well as contemporary scholarship, he draws new c...

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Main Author: Nichols, Ashton (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Nineteenth-century major lives and letters.
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Summary:Nichols chronicles the Enlightenment view of 'Nature' as static and separate from humans as it moved towards the Romantic 'nature' characterized by dynamic links among all living things. Engaging Romantic and Victorian thinkers, as well as contemporary scholarship, he draws new conclusions about 21st-century ideas of nature.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XXIII, 230 pages)
ISBN:9780230117990
DOI:10.1057/9780230117990