Reading the Earth: New Directions in the Study of Literature and Environment

Contains a collection of papers originally delivered at the first conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) in June 1995. The first two sections discuss literary theory and pedagogical concerns. The last two cover 19th-century writers such as John James Audubon; 20th-century writings by such authors as Annie Dillard and Terry Tempest Williams; and ecocritical studies of Aime Cesaire, Peter Greenaway, and the postmodern writer Don DeLillo. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.