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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... whole . What makes the difference between a good book and a great book ? How does a great book become a classic and a classic , for some , holy writ ? I am sure a little luck and good timing don't hurt . Neither does style . The appeal ...
... whole . What makes the difference between a good book and a great book ? How does a great book become a classic and a classic , for some , holy writ ? I am sure a little luck and good timing don't hurt . Neither does style . The appeal ...
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... whole to a sympathetic deconstructive thematic critique . Fritzell claims that beneath the manifest sustained argument of A Sand County Almanac there runs a countercurrent , a riptide , which generates , in part , the artistry of the ...
... whole to a sympathetic deconstructive thematic critique . Fritzell claims that beneath the manifest sustained argument of A Sand County Almanac there runs a countercurrent , a riptide , which generates , in part , the artistry of the ...
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... whole . And it makes equally fascinating reading for the affectionate lay fan as well as for the serious scholar . My next piece , ' The Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic , " is also analytic ; but it is an anatomical rather than ...
... whole . And it makes equally fascinating reading for the affectionate lay fan as well as for the serious scholar . My next piece , ' The Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic , " is also analytic ; but it is an anatomical rather than ...
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... whole has rights is , from a philosophical point of view , out of the question . Rights are claims expressed by , or on behalf of , moral patients . " Nature , " per se , is too ill - defined an " entity " to be even considered as a ...
... whole has rights is , from a philosophical point of view , out of the question . Rights are claims expressed by , or on behalf of , moral patients . " Nature , " per se , is too ill - defined an " entity " to be even considered as a ...
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Contents
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15 | |
II The Book | 89 |
III The Upshot | 155 |
IV The Impact | 219 |
Appendix | 275 |
Foreword | 281 |
Contributors | 291 |
Index | 295 |
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