This encyclopedia introduces readers to American poetry, fiction and nonfiction with a focus on the environment (broadly defined as humanity's natural surroundi

The nineteenth-century roots of environmental writing in American literature are often mentioned in passing and sometimes studied piece by piece. Writing the En

Welcome to the second edition of the Gale Environmental Encyclopaedia! Almost everything in the world has some environmental significance, be it physical, chemi

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