Wetlands and Western Cultures : Denigration to Conservation (Environment and Society)

Giblett, Rod

Lexington Books（2021/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 238 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781793643452
• DDC分類 333.918

Full Description

In Wetlands and Western Cultures: Denigration to Conservation, Rod Giblett examines the portrayal of wetlands in Western culture and argues for their conservation. Giblett's analysis of the wetland motif in literature and the arts, including in Beowulf and the writings of Tolkien and Thoreau, demonstrates two approaches to wetlands—their denigration as dead waters or their commendation as living waters with a potent cultural history.

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