Fields of Vision: Essays on the Travels of William Bartram - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0817355715 ISBN 13 : 9780817355715

Editeur : The University of Alabama Press, 2010

Synopsis

William Bartram was a naturalist, an artist, and the author of Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, The Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulees, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Choctaws. The book, based on his journey across the South, reflects a remarkable coming of age. In 1773, Bartram - a British colonist - departed his family home near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; in 1777, he returned as a citizen of an emerging nation, the United States. The account of his journey, published in 1791, established a national benchmark for nature writing and remains a classic of American literature, scientific writing, and history. Brought up as a Quaker, Bartram portrayed nature through a poetic lens of experience as well as scientific observation, and his work provides a window on 18th-century southern landscapes.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kathryn E. Holland Braund is Professor of History at Auburn University and editor of Bernard Romans's A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida and James Adair's The History of the American Indians. Charlotte M. Porter is Curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida and author of The Eagle's Nest: Natural History and American Ideas and William Bartram's Florida: A Naturalist's Vision.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of Alabama Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0817355715
• ISBN 13: 9780817355715
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 273
• Éditeur: Braund Kathryn H, Porter Charlotte M
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