Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical EssaysUniv of Wisconsin Press, 1987 M09 1 - 320 pages The first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as well as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary. |
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... 4. The Making of A Sand County Almanac 91 DENNIS RIBBENS 5. Anatomy of a Classic 10 IIO JOHN TALLMADGE The Conflicts of Ecological Conscience 128 PETER A. FRITZELL 7 . III . The Upshot The Land Aesthetic 157 V Contents Contents.
... 4. The Making of A Sand County Almanac 91 DENNIS RIBBENS 5. Anatomy of a Classic 10 IIO JOHN TALLMADGE The Conflicts of Ecological Conscience 128 PETER A. FRITZELL 7 . III . The Upshot The Land Aesthetic 157 V Contents Contents.
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... John Muir certainly had argued for a morally charged human relationship with nature . But they had done so in essentially religious terms . Leopold's originality lies in his having expressed their moral proposition exclusively in ...
... John Muir certainly had argued for a morally charged human relationship with nature . But they had done so in essentially religious terms . Leopold's originality lies in his having expressed their moral proposition exclusively in ...
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... John Tallmadge , in this section's next essay , undertakes a comparative and analytic literary examination of A Sand County Almanac . A Sand County Almanac is a contribution to a genre of belles let- tres usually called " nature ...
... John Tallmadge , in this section's next essay , undertakes a comparative and analytic literary examination of A Sand County Almanac . A Sand County Almanac is a contribution to a genre of belles let- tres usually called " nature ...
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... John T. Curtis , described this boundary as a " tension zone " —a band ten to thirty miles wide running diagonally southeast across the state and marking both the northern limit of many southern species and the south- ern limit of many ...
... John T. Curtis , described this boundary as a " tension zone " —a band ten to thirty miles wide running diagonally southeast across the state and marking both the northern limit of many southern species and the south- ern limit of many ...
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... . Among the earlier arrivals were Daniel Muir and two of his young sons , John and David , who had left Dunbar , Scotland , for the New World in February 1849. Daniel Muir selected a 133 43 Aldo Leopold's Sand Country.
... . Among the earlier arrivals were Daniel Muir and two of his young sons , John and David , who had left Dunbar , Scotland , for the New World in February 1849. Daniel Muir selected a 133 43 Aldo Leopold's Sand Country.
Contents
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II The Book | 89 |
III The Upshot | 155 |
IV The Impact | 219 |
Appendix | 275 |
Foreword | 281 |
Contributors | 291 |
Index | 295 |
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