Voices in the Wilderness : American Nature Writing and Environmental Politics

American nature writers as literary artists and political catalysts. Ch. 1. Colonial And Early American Responses To The Wilderness -- Ch. 2. Emerson, Thoreau, And Environmental Reform -- Ch. 3. George Perkins Marsh And The Harmonies Of Nature -- Ch. 4. As The Angels Have Departed: John Burroughs And The Religion Of Nature -- Ch. 5. God Of The Mountains: The Rhetoric And Religion Of John Muir -- Ch. 6. Days Of Wasteful Plenty Are Over: Theodore Roosevelt And His Environmental Legacies -- Ch. 7. Alone In A World Of Wounds: The Question Of Audience In A Sand County Almanac -- Ch. 8. New Environmentalism And Rachel Carson's Silent Spring -- Ch. 9. Monkey Wrenching, Environmental Extremism, And The Problematical Edward Abbey. Daniel G. Payne. Revision Of Thesis (doctoral)--state University Of New York At Buffalo. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.