1789 2020: Land ... — Modern British Nature Writing,
One of the book’s most compelling insights is how nature writing shifts between two classical modes:
Addressing a "post-natural" world where human influence is inseparable from any landscape. Labour vs. Leisure: The Hidden Politics of the Land
Balancing scientific categorization with a growing sense of environmental catastrophe and industrial "improvement". Modern British Nature Writing, 1789 2020: Land ...
Using the creative imagination to bridge the gap between human experience and the "otherness" of nature.
Focusing on the hard labour and agricultural work required to manage the land. One of the book’s most compelling insights is
Far from being a simple, nostalgic escape, the authors argue that British nature writing is a that grapples with the crises of the environment, human representation, and our own alienated selves. The Blueprint: From Gilbert White to the Anthropocene
Why do we talk about nature so much today when there is so little of it left? This paradox is at the heart of , a definitive study by a team of scholars including Will Abberley , Christina Alt , David Higgins , Graham Huggan , and Pippa Marland . Using the creative imagination to bridge the gap
Viewing the countryside as a place of leisurely ease and spiritual restoration.