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- In Defense of Nature
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: University of Iowa Press
summary
Frequently compared to Edward Abbey, Wendell Berry, and Gary Snyder, John Hay is one of this country’s greatest nature writers. Originally published in 1969, In Defense of Nature is an eloquent and prescient plea on behalf of the natural world. Devoid of sentimentality yet lyrical and deeply moving in its portrayals of our despoliation of nature, Hay’s classic work is now available to a new generation of readers.
Wendell Berry has called John Hay a “carrier of light and wisdom.” In Defense of Nature reveals why this is true. In it Hay has written an extended meditation on the environment and our place in it. Its lessons never more important, In Defense of Nature eerily presages the tenuous state of our environment and our place in it. As our technical abilities have moved forward, our judgment has not kept pace. “What we call natural resources cannot be limited to gas, oil, pulpwood, or uranium,we are starving the natural resources in ourselves. The soul needs to stretch; being needs to exercise.”
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. iii-v
- Author's Note
- pp. vii-viii
- I. A Dependable Endurance
- pp. 3-21
- II. The Pace of the Tides
- pp. 22-31
- III. "Teach Us to Care"
- pp. 32-51
- IV. The Shape of Water
- pp. 52-64
- V. In Front of the Sea
- pp. 65-80
- VI. The Winter Strength
- pp. 81-93
- VII. Cove and Forest
- pp. 94-112
- VIII. "The Lower Orders"
- pp. 113-124
- IX. Meetings in the Field of Life
- pp. 125-137
- X. The Sea of Survival
- pp. 138-152
- XI. The Dovekie and the Ocean Sunfish
- pp. 153-163
- XII. Practice In Being
- pp. 164-175
- XIII. The Reaches of Spring
- pp. 176-196
- XIV. The Eye of the Heart
- pp. 197-210
Additional Information
ISBN
9781609380106
Related ISBN(s)
9781587296079
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
773567023
Pages
220
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1969