| William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship: The Roots of Environmentalism in Nineteenth-Century Culture Contributor(s): Hess, Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813932300 ISBN-13: 9780813932309 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $59.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Nature |
| Dewey: 821.7 |
| LCCN: 2011033294 |
| Series: Under the Sign of Nature |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.20 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship, Scott Hess explores Wordsworth's defining role in establishing what he designates as "the ecology of authorship" a primarily middle-class, nineteenth-century conception of nature associated with aesthetics, high culture, individualism, and nation. Instead of viewing Wordsworth as an early ecologist, Hess places him within a context that is largely cultural and aesthetic. The supposedly universal Wordsworthian vision of nature, Hess argues, was in this sense specifically male, middle-class, professional, and culturally elite--factors that continue to shape the environmental movement today. |