Visions of the Land: Science, Literature, and the American Environment from the Era of Exploration to the Age of Ecology

by Michael A. Bryson

Book Overview

The work of John Charles Fremont, Richard Byrd, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, John Wesley Powell, Susan Cooper, Rachel Carson, and Loren Eiseley represents a widely divergent body of writing. Yet despite their range of genres--including exploration narratives, technical reports, natural histories, scientific autobiographies, fictional utopias, nature writing, and popular scientific literature--these seven authors produced strikingly connected representations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813921074
• ISBN13: 9780813921075
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher