Reading the Roots: American Nature Writing Before WaldenMichael P. Branch University of Georgia Press, 2004 - 408 страници Reading the Roots 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. The selections in Reading the Roots 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. The 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. Reading the Roots at last makes early American landscapes--and a range of literary responses to them--accessible to scholars, students, and general readers. |
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First Voyage 14921493 and Narrative of the Third Voyage 14981500 | 3 |
Amerigo Vespucci Mundus Novus 1503 | 9 |
Natural History of the West Indies 1526 | 22 |
The Narrative of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca 1542 | 29 |
Newfound Land of Virginia 1588 | 46 |
Thomas Morton The New English Canaan 1637 | 63 |
Jasper Danckaerts Journal of a Voyage to New York and a Tour | 78 |
Sarah Kemble Knight The Journal of Madam Knight 170417051825 | 95 |
James Smith An Account of the Remarkable Occurrences | 191 |
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark | 203 |
Residences and Journeyings in the Valley of the Mississippi 1826 | 247 |
Harriet Martineau Retrospect of Western Travel 1838 | 298 |
Nicolas Point Recollections of the Rocky Mountains 184018471967 | 314 |
The Life History and Travels of Kahgegagahbowh a Young Indian Chief | 353 |
of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah 1852 | 371 |
Further Reading | 381 |
Paul Dudley An Essay upon the Natural History of Whales 1724 | 125 |
Pedro Font Fonts Complete Diary 177517761933 | 161 |
A Tour in the United States of America 1784 | 172 |
Sources and Credits | 391 |