Voicing the World
Nature Writing as a Critique of the Scientific Method
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8895337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Raglon (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-32 |
| Publication date | 1991-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-7720 • E-ISSN: 1710-114X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cras-022-01-02 |
| OpenAlex | W2039852558 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
In 1889 an essay entitled "Literature and Science" was published in a collection of pieces by the naturalist John Burroughs. In the essay Burroughs attempted to characterize nature writing by picturing a young, vigorous scientist and a hoary poet cheerfully going out into the summer fields and woods together: The elder man has more an air of leisurely contemplation and enjoyment-is less curious about special objects and features, and more desirous of putting himself in harmony with the spirit of the whole. But when his younger companion has any fresh and characteristic bit of information to impart to him, how attentively he listens, how sure and discriminating is his appreciation! The interests of the two in the universe are widely different, yet in no true sense are they hostile or mutually destructive
Aesthetics · Art · Contemplation · Epistemology · Harmony (color · Linguistics · Literature · Naturalism · Visual arts · Voice · American Environmental and Regional History · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 1997 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |