Wetlands and western cultures : denigration to conservation /: denigration to conservation. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rod Giblett.
• Authors: Giblett, Rodney James
• Contents: Introduction: An Invitation for Wading into Wetlands PART 1: WETLANDS AND -OLOGIES Chapter 1: Theology of Wetlands: Tolkien, Beowulf, and Milton on Marshes and Their Monsters Chapter 2: Psychology of Wetlands: Mourning, Melancholy, and Marshes PART II: WETLANDS, ART, AND CULTURE Chapter 3: Wetland Cultures of the English Fens: Politics, Painting, Poetry, Prose, and Art History Chapter 4: Wetland Cultures of ‘Australia Felix’: From Mountain Ranges and Landscape Painting to Wetland Places in Environmental Artwork Chapter 5: Wetland Cultures of ‘Western Australia Felix’: From Mountain Range and Landscape Aesthetics to Wetland Womb in Environmental Artwork PART III: WETLANDS AND CITIES Chapter 6: The Birth of Sydney and the Death of its Wetlands Chapter 7: Water in Urban Waterscapes and Wetlands in London and Melbourne PART IV: WETLANDS AND NATURE WRITING Chapter 8: Henry David Thoreau: The Patron Saint of Swamps Chapter 9: Farewell: Nature writing and Black Swan Lake
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 333.918; Wetlands; Wetland conservation; Wetlands in literature; Wetland conservation in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781793643469
• Related ISBNs: 9781793643452
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