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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York Oxford
Oxford University Press
2004
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| In: | Year: 2004 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Literature
/ The Holy
/ Environment (Motif)
/ Nature protection (Motif)
/ History
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| Further subjects: | B
American literature
History and criticism
B Religion in literature B Holy, The, in literature B Natural History Religious aspects B Ecology in literature B Natural History United States B Religion and literature United States B Ecocriticism United States |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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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. |
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| ISBN: | 0199835144 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/0195165055.001.0001 |