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Listening to the Savage: River Notes and Half-Heard Melodies (Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book)
Barbara Hurd
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Description for Listening to the Savage: River Notes and Half-Heard Melodies (Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book)
Hardcover. Barbara Hurd's Listening to the Savage weaves rich explorations of science, history, mythology, literature, and music. The listening of the book delineates and champions a kind of attentiveness to what is not easily heard and is written in language that is as precise as it is poetic, providing original ways of engagement in the natural world. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Barbara Hurd’s Listening to the Savage weaves rich explorations of science, history, mythology, literature, and music. The listening of the book delineates and champions a kind of attentiveness to what is not easily heard and is written in language that is as precise as it is poetic, providing original ways of engagement in the natural world.
As in Hurd’s other books, the previously unknown or the barely known become less mysterious but still retain the quality of mystery. The book presumes that nature is a mix of the chaotic and the wondrous. It addresses worry and advocacy—worry about our ... Read more
Barbara Hurd’s Listening to the Savage weaves rich explorations of science, history, mythology, literature, and music. The listening of the book delineates and champions a kind of attentiveness to what is not easily heard and is written in language that is as precise as it is poetic, providing original ways of engagement in the natural world.
As in Hurd’s other books, the previously unknown or the barely known become less mysterious but still retain the quality of mystery. The book presumes that nature is a mix of the chaotic and the wondrous. It addresses worry and advocacy—worry about our ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820348940
SKU
V9780820348940
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About Barbara Hurd
Barbara Hurd is professor at Frostburg State University in Maryland, USA.
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