EN 645 American Nature Writing (Spring: 3)
In this course we will read literature from the perspective of the fact
that when we read a book we are holding a dead tree. Many of the authors
we will encounter, however, are themselves aware of this perspective and
use it in their work to raise questions about the relation between humanity,
or culture, and nature. Our texts will represent a variety of genres (poetry,
essay, fiction), and our authors will include Emerson and Thoreau, as well
as such recent writers as Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, Wendell Berry, and
Gary Snyder (among others).
Robert Kern
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