Format:
xiv, 223 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781793643452
Series Statement:
Environment and society
Content:
Introduction: An invitation for wading into wetlands -- PART 1. WETLANDS AND -OLOGIES. Theology of wetlands: Tolkien, Beowulf, and Milton on marshes and their monsters -- Psychology of wetlands: Mourning, melancholy, and marshes -- PART 2. WETLANDS, ART, AND CULTURE. Wetland cultures of the English fens: Politics, painting, poetry, prose, and art history -- Wetland cultures of 'Australia Felix': From mountain ranges and landscape painting to wetland places in environmental artwork -- Wetland cultures of 'Western Australia Felix': From mountain range and landscape aesthetics to wetland womb in environmental artwork -- PART 3. WETLANDS AND CITIES. The birth of Sydney and the death of its wetlands -- Water in urban waterscapes and wetlands in London and Melbourne -- PART 4. WETLANDS AND NATURE WRITING. Henry David Thoreau: The patron saint of swamps -- Farewell: Nature writing and Black Swan Lake.
Content:
"In Wetlands and Western Cultures: Denigration to Conservation, Rod Giblett examines the portrayal of wetlands in Western culture and argues for their conservation"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781793643469
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781793643469
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Giblett, Rod Wetlands and Western cultures Lanham : Lexington, 2021
Language:
English
Keywords:
Feuchtgebiet
;
Kulturwissenschaften
;
Naturschutz
