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Pilgrims to the Wild: Everett Ruess, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Clarence King, Mary Austin

by John P. O'grady

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Pilgrims to the Wild is a survey of American writers who have responded to their encounters with the natural world. Ranging in its treatment from Thoreau’s important but neglected essay, 'Walking,' to the exuberant letters of the young artist Everett Ruess (who disappeared in the Escalante canyonlands), this is a broadly based exploration that brings to bear Eastern and Western classical philosophy, as well as contemporary critical theory, on a distinctive tradition of American Writing—those works concerned with the human relationship to the nonhuman world.

In addition to offering a fresh interpretation of classic authors such a Thoreau and Muir, this book introduces readers to the less widely known but equally fascinating writers Clarence King and Mary Austin.

 

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-163) and index.
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ISBN:
9780874804126
Author:
O'Grady, John P.
Publisher:
University of Utah Press
Author:
O'Grady, John P.
Location:
Salt Lake City :
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
History and criticism
Subject:
Scientists
Subject:
Naturalists
Subject:
Authors, American
Subject:
Natural history
Subject:
Wilderness areas
Subject:
American prose literature
Subject:
Nature in literature
Subject:
Wilderness areas in literature.
Subject:
Wilderness areas -- United States -- Historiography.
Subject:
Literary Criticism : General
Subject:
American
Edition Description:
1st Edition
Series Volume:
no. 8
Publication Date:
20020131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
186
Dimensions:
9 x 6 in
Age Level:
from 18 up to 80
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