Research Guides: ENG 112: Diary of a Young Naturalist (Temple): Nature Writing

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Long list of e-books available via several library databases that are about nature writing or are examples of nature writing.

Dogwood Digital Library
Includes many non-fiction e-books and audiobooks related to nature, wildlife, and more. Once you get a list of books, under Subject, choose Nonfiction.
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Our Leisure Reading page includes detailed instructions on how to set up Dogwood Digital and use the Libby app. to access e-books and audiobooks.

Definitions

Nature Writing
from Keywords for Environmental Studies via Credo Reference
Ecocriticism
from Encyclopedia of American Studies via Credo Reference
Nature Writing and the New Environmentalism
book chapter from A Companion to American Literature via Ebook Central
Speciesism
topic page with many resources on speciesism via Credo Reference

Examples of Nature Writing

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016 by Amy Stewart; Tim Folger
Publication Date: 2016
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning essay on the earthquake that could decimate the Pacific Northwest to the astonishing work of investigative journalism that transformed the nail salon industry, this is a collection of hard-hitting and beautifully composed writing on the wonders, dangers, and oddities of scientific innovation and our natural world.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Publication Date: 2015
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings--asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass--offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
Fauna and Flora, Earth and Sky by Trudy Dittmar
Publication Date: 2003
Life stories, elegantly combined with mindful observations of animals, plants, landscape and the skies, theories in natural science, environmental considerations, and touches of art criticism and popular culture, offer insights into the linked analogies of nature and soul...
The Maine Woods: A Fully Annotated Edition by Henry David. Thoreau; Jeffrey S. Cramer (Editor)
Publication Date: 2009
Evocative story of Thoreau's journeys through a familiar yet untouched land. As he explores Mt. Katahdin (an Indian word meaning "highest land"), Lake Chesuncook, the Allagash River, and the East Branch of the Penobscot, Thoreau muses on his own vulnerability and the humility engendered by his solitude in the wilderness.
Nature Writing by Don Scheese
Publication Date: 2002
In this comprehensive study of the genre, Don Scheese traces its evolution from the pastoralism evident in the natural history observations of Aristotle and the poetry of Virgil to current American writers. He documents the emergence of the modern form of nature writing as a reaction to industrialization.
The New Nature Writing: Rethinking the Literature of Place by Jos Smith
Publication Date: 2017
In the last decade there has been a proliferation of landscape writing in Britain and Ireland, often referred to as 'The New Nature Writing'. Rooted in the work of an older generation of environment-focused authors and activists, this new form is both stylistically innovative and mindful of ecology and conservation practice.
The Long, Long Life of Trees by Fiona Stafford
Publication Date: 2016
A lyrical tribute to the diversity of trees, their physical beauty, their special characteristics and uses, and their ever-evolving meanings

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ENG 112: Diary of a Young Naturalist (Temple)

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