Nature's Kindred Spirits: Aldo Leopold, Joseph Wood Krutch, Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, and Gary SnyderUniv of Wisconsin Press, 1994 M04 1 - 200 pages In Nature's Kindred Spirits James McClintock shows how their mystical experiences with the wild led to dramatic conversions in their thinking and behavior. By embracing the ecstasy of nature, they reject modern alienation and spiritual confusion. |
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... thought , even as he turned to nature writing and popularized Leopold's ethic and principles of conservation . Edward Abbey ( 1927-1989 ) , who identified himself closely with Jack London and his dark world view , used a desert backdrop ...
... thought of as its philosopher . With- out question , A Sand County Almanac , especially its essay " The Land Ethic , " directly and indirectly shaped popular attitudes and rhetoric about environmental reform . After Leopold I present ...
... thought , between principle and conduct , and between knowledge and daily life marks them apart from the main currents of twentieth - century liter- ary and social thinking that have most attracted critics and historians . NATURE'S ...
... thought, between principle and conduct, and between knowledge and daily life marks them apart from the main currents of twentieth-century literary and social thinking that have most attracted critics and historians. NATURE'S KINDRED ...
... thought ; scorn for material- ism ; love for what is spontaneous , fecund , and life - giving ; and a predilection for the simple and primitive . ( 20 ) But , he continues , " nature writing is not simply Romantic ; it also owes much to ...