自然书写

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自然书写(英语:Nature writing),是关于自然环境的非虚构写作小说散文诗歌。自然书写的范畴,从强调自然历史事实的野外指南,到具备哲学性的作品,诸如:自然历史散文、诗歌、有关孤独或逃避的散文、旅行记事和冒险写作。 [1]

当代的自然书写,可以追溯到18世纪下半叶和19世纪流行的自然历史著作。早期的代表人物吉尔伯‧怀特英语Gilbert White [2],是英国牧师鸟类学家兼早期博物学家,代表作品是《塞耳彭自然史》(The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, 1789)。

巴垂恩英语William Bartram是美国早期博物学家的代表人物,第一部著作于1791年出版。[3]

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  • Finch, Robert, and John Elder, eds. The Norton Book of Nature Writing. New York: Norton, 1990; Nature writing: the tradition in English. edited by Robert Finch and John Elder. New York: W.W. Norton, c2002. This book is an all encompassing guide and encyclopedia of 200 years of nature writing.
  • Keith, W. J., The Rural Tradition: William Cobbett, Gilbert White, and Other Non-Fiction Writers of the English Countryside. Hassocks, Sussex: Harvester, 1975. This book has a useful bibliography. In addition, this book goes over specific parts of nature writing, including landscape, pastoral and country life literature.
  • Lyon, Thomas J., ed. This Incomparable Land: A Book of American Nature Writing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. This book is an introduction guide to the genre. It goes over the vastness of the genre and American writing within the genre.
  • Lillard, Richard G. The Nature Book in Action. The English Journal (National Council of Teachers of English). April 1973, 62 (4): 537–48. JSTOR 813109. doi:10.2307/813109.  This textbook styled book mainly consists of the history behind nature writing.
  • Mabey, Richard, The Oxford Book of Nature Writing. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. This piece also goes over the magnitude of this genre and presents essays from varying nature authors.
  • Stewart, Frank, A Natural History of Nature Writing. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1994. This books concentrates on the origins of American nature writing.
  • Trimble, Stephen, "Words From the Land: Encounters with Natural History Writing". Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1995 (revised edition). ISBN 978-0874172645. This book is a representative collection of essays which goes over the contemporary part of nature writing.

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