Writing Environments

Sidney I. Dobrin And Christopher J. Keller - Editors

Description

Writing Environments addresses the intersections between writing and nature through interviews with some of America's leading environmental writers. Those interviewed include Rick Bass, Cheryll Glotfelty, Annette Kolodny, Max Oelschlaeger, Simon J. Ortiz, David Quammen, Janisse Ray, Scott Russell Sanders, Edward O. Wilson, and Ann H. Zwinger. From the standpoints of activists, scientists, naturalists, teachers, and highly visible writers, the interviewees consider how different environments have influenced them, how their writing affects environments, and the ways readers experience environments. The interviews are followed by critical responses from writing scholars. This diverse range of voices speaks lucidly and captivatingly about topics such as place, writing, teaching, politics, race, and culture, and how these overlap in many complex ways.

Acknowledgments

Why Writing Environments: An Introduction
Sidney I. Dobrin and Christopher J. Keller

Taking Back the Language: An Interview with Annette Kolodny

Where Writing Takes Place: A Response to Annette Kolodny
Lynn Worsham

Developing Feminist-Environmental Rhetorics: A Response to Annette Kolodny
Elizabeth A. Flynn

Response to Flynn and Worsham
Annette Kolodny

Writing Activism: An Interview with Rick Bass

Avenues of Activism: A Response to Rick Bass
Christian R. Weisser

The Active Voice
Sid Dobrin

Writing Nature, Making Connections: An Interview with David Quammen

Natural Diversity: A Response to David Quammen
Christopher Schroeder

Of Gardens and Classrooms, Plants and Discourse: A Response to David Quammen
Christopher J. Keller

Writing with Intent: An Interview with Janisse Ray

Making Arguments: A Response to Janisse Ray
Julie Drew

Ecocomposition, Activist Writing, and Natural Ecosystems: A Response to Janisse Ray
Eric Otto

The Quest for Truth: An Interview with Max Oelschlaeger

Mapping Babel: A Response to Max Oelschlaeger
M. Jimmie Killingsworth

In Response to Max Oelschlaeger
Derek Owens

A Reconsideration of Wild Discourse: Response to Killingsworth and Owens
Max Oelschlaeger

Writing the Native American Life: An Interview with Simon Ortiz

Rethinking Responsibility: A Response to Simon Ortiz
Scott Richard Lyons

Dear Simon: A Response to Simon Ortiz
Malea Powell

Stories for the Earth: An Interview with Scott Russell Sanders

The Grounded Voice: A Response to Scott Russell Sanders
Lezlie Laws

One Tribe among the Host of Living Tribes: A Response to Scott Russell Sanders
Sushil K. Oswal

Ecocriticism, Writing, and Academia: An Interview with Cheryll Glotfelty

Writing, Nature, and Composing Bridges: A Response to Cheryll Glotfelty
Kaye Adkins

Where the Fusang Grows: A Response to Cheryll Glotfelty
Dean Swinford

Response to Adkins and Swinford
Cheryll Glotfelty

Writing Natural History: An Interview with Ann Zwinger

Rambling: A Response to Ann Zwinger
Randall Roorda

The Mud Puddle and the Rose: A Response to Ann Zwinger
Annie Merrill Ingram

Response to Roorda and Ingram
Ann Zwinger

Writing the Scientific Life: An Interview with Edward O. Wilson

Contradictory Stances toward Interdisciplinarity: A Response to E. O. Wilson from a Rhetorician of Science
J. Blake Scott

Science, the Humanities, and the Public Intellectual: A Response to E. O. Wilson
Christian R. Weisser

Contributors

Index

Sujets

• Discourse analysis
• Stylistics
• Semantics

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791483893
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Writing Environments

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Writing Environments

Edited by

Sidney I. Dobrin and Christopher J. Keller

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Writing environments / edited by Sidney I. Dobrin and Christopher J. Keller p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-6331-1 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-6332-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Authorship. 2. Authorship—Psychological aspects. 3. Place (Philosophy) I. Dobrin, Sidney I., 1967– II. Keller, Christopher J.

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Acknowledgments

Contents

Why Writing Environments: An Introduction Sidney I. Dobrin and Christopher J. Keller

Taking Back the Language: An Interview with Annette Kolodny

Where Writing Takes Place: A Response to Annette Kolodny Lynn Worsham

Developing Feminist-Environmental Rhetorics: A Response to Annette Kolodny Elizabeth A. Flynn

Response to Flynn and Worsham Annette Kolodny

Writing Activism: An Interview with Rick Bass

Avenues of Activism: A Response to Rick Bass Christian R. Weisser

The Active Voice Sid Dobrin

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Writing Nature, Making Connections: An Interview with David Quammen Natural Diversity: A Response to David Quammen Christopher Schroeder Of Gardens and Classrooms, Plants and Discourse: A Response to David Quammen Christopher J. Keller

Writing with Intent: An Interview with Janisse Ray Making Arguments: A Response to Janisse Ray Julie Drew Ecocomposition, Activist Writing, and Natural Ecosystems: A Response to Janisse Ray Eric Otto

The Quest for Truth: An Interview with Max Oelschlaeger Mapping Babel: A Response to Max Oelschlaeger M. Jimmie Killingsworth In Response to Max Oelschlaeger Derek Owens A Reconsideration of Wild Discourse: Response to Killingsworth and Owens Max Oelschlaeger

Writing the Native American Life: An Interview with Simon Ortiz Rethinking Responsibility: A Response to Simon Ortiz Scott Richard Lyons Dear Simon: A Response to Simon Ortiz Malea Powell Stories for the Earth: An Interview with Scott Russell Sanders The Grounded Voice: A Response to Scott Russell Sanders Lezlie Laws One Tribe among the Host of Living Tribes: A Response to Scott Russell Sanders Sushil K. Oswal

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Ecocriticism, Writing, and Academia: An Interview with Cheryll Glotfelty Writing, Nature, and Composing Bridges: A Response to Cheryll Glotfelty Kaye Adkins Where the Fusang Grows: A Response to Cheryll Glotfelty Dean Swinford Response to Adkins and Swinford Cheryll Glotfelty

Writing Natural History: An Interview with Ann Zwinger Rambling: A Response to Ann Zwinger Randall Roorda The Mud Puddle and the Rose: A Response to Ann Zwinger Annie Merrill Ingram Response to Roorda and Ingram Ann Zwinger

Writing the Scientific Life: An Interview with Edward O. Wilson Contradictory Stances toward Interdisciplinarity: A Response to E. O. Wilson from a Rhetorician of Science J. Blake Scott Science, the Humanities, and the Public Intellectual: A Response to E. O. Wilson Christian R. Weisser

Contributors

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