Peak Experiences: Walking Meditations on Literature, Nature, and Need

by Ian Marshall

Book Overview

Nature?s ability to satisfy deep human needs is familiar to anyone who has hiked up a mountain, canoed a river, or hung a bird feeder outside the kitchen window. In Story Line, his groundbreaking work of narrative ecocriticism, Ian Marshall explores how natural surroundings inspired works of literature set along the Appalachian Trail. In his new work, Peak Experiences, Marshall sets out on a far more personal and at the same time far-reaching journey,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813921678
• ISBN13: 9780813921679
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher