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Title:

What's nature worth? : narrative expressions of environmental values / edited by Terre Satterfield and Scott Slovic.

Publisher:

University of Utah Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

ix, 310 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American literature--20th century--Theory, etc.--Theory, etc.
Nature in literature.
Authors, American--20th century.--Interviews.
Environmental literature--Authorship.
Environmental policy--United States.
American literature--20th century.
Natural history--United States.
Nature.--Literary collections.
Natural history--Authorship.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Storytelling

Other Authors:

Satterfield, Terre, 1960-
Slovic, Scott, 1960-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: What's Nature Worth? -- Inciting Story: Narrative as the Mirror of Audience Values -- Advice and Counsel: Respecting the Sources of Wisdom -- Where the Power Lies: Seeking the Intuitive Language of Story -- Beyond Here Lie Only Dragons: Thoughts on Wild Places and Vigorous Language -- Story as Common Ground -- Making Stories out of Everything: Valuing the Ordinary -- The Building Blocks of Storied Expression: Advice from a Teacher of Writing -- From Image to Event: Considering the Relations between Poetry and Prose as Conveyors of Environmental Values -- Photo and Word: The Power of Suggestion in Visual and Verbal "Language" -- Packing Information in the Form of Story: Viewing Narrative from the Perspective of Science -- Telling It Slant: The Value of Narrative Indirection -- Thriving on Ambiguity: Latency, Indirection, and Narrative -- Concluding Conversation.

ISBN:

9780874807905 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0874807905 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53145266
(OCoLC)57697156

LCCN:

2003020987

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)