William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship

William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship
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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9780813932309
ISBN-13 : 0813932300
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Book Synopsis William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship by : Scott Hess

Download or read book William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship written by Scott Hess and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship, Scott Hess explores Wordsworth's defining role in establishing what he designates as "the ecology of authorship" a primarily middle-class, nineteenth-century conception of nature associated with aesthetics, high culture, individualism, and nation. Instead of viewing Wordsworth as an early ecologist, Hess places him within a context that is largely cultural and aesthetic. The supposedly universal Wordsworthian vision of nature, Hess argues, was in this sense specifically male, middle-class, professional, and culturally elite--factors that continue to shape the environmental movement today.


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