"An insect view of its plain" [electronic resource] : insects, nature and God in Thoreau, Dickinson and Muir / Rosemary Scanlon McTier.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Publishers, 2012.Description: vii, 202 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 810.9/36257 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3057.E6 M38 2012eb
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Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Textual abbreviations -- Introduction-Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, and John Muir: interpreting the language of nature -- Insects and the nineteenth century -- "With microscopic eye": Thoreau's insect perspective -- "A minor nation": Emily Dickinson and the insects' society -- John Muir: translating "nature's book".
Summary: "This volume addresses that critical gap by exploring the cultural and literary position of insects in the work of Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, and John Muir. It examines the beliefs these authors share about the nature of our connection to insects and what insects have to teach about creation and our place in it"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Textual abbreviations -- Introduction-Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, and John Muir: interpreting the language of nature -- Insects and the nineteenth century -- "With microscopic eye": Thoreau's insect perspective -- "A minor nation": Emily Dickinson and the insects' society -- John Muir: translating "nature's book".

"This volume addresses that critical gap by exploring the cultural and literary position of insects in the work of Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, and John Muir. It examines the beliefs these authors share about the nature of our connection to insects and what insects have to teach about creation and our place in it"--Provided by publisher.

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