Author : Rod Giblett
Release : 2021-05-19
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 466/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Wetlands and Western Cultures by : Rod Giblett
Download or read book Wetlands and Western Cultures written by Rod Giblett. This book was released on 2021-05-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.