Book contents
- Why Conserve Nature?
- Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
- Why Conserve Nature?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I The Experience of Nature
- Part II Nature Imagined
- 3 Nature in Ecological Science
- 4 Nature in Literature and Art
- Part III Nature, Self and Place
- Part IV Why Conserve Nature?
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Nature in Literature and Art
from Part II - Nature Imagined
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 February 2022
- Why Conserve Nature?
- Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
- Why Conserve Nature?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I The Experience of Nature
- Part II Nature Imagined
- 3 Nature in Ecological Science
- 4 Nature in Literature and Art
- Part III Nature, Self and Place
- Part IV Why Conserve Nature?
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Cultural associations with nature can be readily found in literature and in art. For example, a poet may write about, or an artist may depict, ‘dappled sunlight in woods’, giving us a benign association of somewhere we may enjoy and perhaps thus cherish. On the other hand, there may be writing about ‘tangled, impenetrable forest’ and visual depictions of darkness and shadows under trees, giving more negative connotations. Such associations can be interpreted in terms of not only showing how we see nature but also as giving insights into how we treat it.
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- Why Conserve Nature?Perspectives on Meanings and Motivations, pp. 137 - 188Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022