Making nature sacred: literature, religion, and environment in America from the Puritans to the present

John Gatta argues that the religious import of American environmental literature has yet to be fully recognized or understood. 'Making Nature Sacred' explores how the quest for 'natural revelation' has been pursued through successive phases of American literary and intellectual h...

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Main Author: Gatta, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Oxford Oxford University Press 2004
In:Year: 2004
Further subjects:B Religion in literature
B American literature ; History and criticism
B Holy, The, in literature
B Natural History (United States)
B Religion and literature (United States)
B Ecocriticism (United States)
B Natural history ; Religious aspects
B Natural history ; United States
B American literature History and criticism
B Ecocriticism ; United States
B Natural History Religious aspects
B Ecology in literature
B Religion and literature ; United States
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System; OUP)
Parallel Edition:Print version: 9780195165050
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Summary:John Gatta argues that the religious import of American environmental literature has yet to be fully recognized or understood. 'Making Nature Sacred' explores how the quest for 'natural revelation' has been pursued through successive phases of American literary and intellectual history
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0199835144
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/0195165055.001.0001