Anderson, Lorraine & Edwards, Thomas S., eds. At home on this earth; two centuries of U.S. women's nature writing.Univ. Press of New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. . 404p. notes. bibliog. index. c2002. 1-58465-193-8. $30.00. SA "When we consider the works of women nature writers, we find a tradition emerging that sees the natural world as 'an integral part of everyday existence, where the garden outside the front door supplies an experience as immediate and direct as the mountains in the distance.'" (p.5) Even though women's nature writing has expanded beyond the constraints placed on women in the 19th century, this immediacy, this connection between women and "this earth," remains constant, sure and incredibly strong. Modern writers like Gretel Ehrlich and Annie Dillard Annie Dillard (born 30 April 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, best known for her narrative nonfiction. She has also published poetry, essays, literary criticism, autobiography, and fiction. capture the moment in great landscapes and small creatures. Others, such as Alice Walker Noun 1. Alice Walker - United States writer (born in 1944) Alice Malsenior Walker, Walker or Ursula LeGuin, infuse in·fuse v. 1. To steep or soak without boiling in order to extract soluble elements or active principles. 2. To introduce a solution into the body through a vein for therapeutic purposes. their writing with the suffering and love of nature and of life. Either apart from or directly involved with the ecofeminist movement, women's nature writing has bloomed and burgeoned in the last part of the 20th century. These writers are well represented in At Home in This Earth. What is just as welcome here, but in a way more marvelous, is the representation of earlier women writers. From Margaret Fuller Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (May 23, 1810 - June 19, 1850) was a journalist, critic and women's rights activist. The most important gender theorist of her time, Fuller was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. there is a description of prairie flowers--in Chicago in the 1840s. Susan Fennimore Cooper, daughter of the novelist, strove strove v. Past tense of strive. strove Verb the past tense of strive strove strive to make people understand the necessity of preserving the environment in the 1850s. Several other writers from this period are carried out of the recesses of larger libraries and into the light in this anthology. This exposure of too often forgotten women writers alone makes this title a worthwhile purchase. The quality of thought and writing are high and enlighten the reader in the important area of environmental studies; the quick, concise sampling of such an extensive area of women's writing should lead to further adventures in the full works by these women. Recommended for all public and academic libraries. Katherine E. Gillen, Libn., Luke AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass Lib., AZ |
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