{"product_id":"reading-the-roots-michael-p-branch-9780820325484","title":"Reading the Roots: American Nature Writing Before Walden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading the Roots\u003c\/i\u003e is an unprecedented anthology of outstanding early writings about American nature--a rich, influential, yet critically underappreciated body of work. Rather than begin with Henry David Thoreau, who is often identified as the progenitor of American nature writing, editor Michael P. Branch instead surveys the long tradition that prefigures and anticipates Thoreau and his literary descendants. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe selections in \u003ci\u003eReading the Roots\u003c\/i\u003e describe a diversity of landscapes, wildlife, and natural phenomena, and their authors represent many different nationalities, cultural affiliations, religious views, and ideological perspectives. The writings gathered here also range widely in terms of subject, rhetorical form, and disciplinary approach--from promotional tracts and European narratives of contact with Native Americans to examples of scientific theology and romantic nature writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume also includes a critical introduction discussing the cultural, scientific, and literary value of early American nature writing; headnotes that contextualize all authors and selections; and a substantial bibliography of primary and secondary sources in the field. \u003ci\u003eReading the Roots\u003c\/i\u003e at last makes early American landscapes--and a range of literary responses to them--accessible to scholars, students, and general readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael P. Branch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820325481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820325484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.46w x 1.10d","brand":"Michael P. Branch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995618345215,"sku":"9780820325484","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57a6e744-cac6-4a83-af94-1cfd8232d99e.jpg?v=1683336833","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-the-roots-michael-p-branch-9780820325484","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}