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Introduction to Japanese Environmental Activist Writing

Introduction to Japanese Environmental Activist Writing ORGANIZATION & ENVIRO Murphy NMENT / INTR / March ODUCTION 1999 TO JAPANESE ACTIVIST WRITING INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST WRITING PATRICK D. MURPHY Indiana University of Pennsylvania any people have argued that there exists in English-speaking litera- M ture a particular type of prose known as “nature writing.” It is gener- ally defined as nonfictional prose attentive to natural detail. Some of this nature writing is basically descriptive, with little attention to human-rest of nature rela- tionships or larger environmental concerns than those represented by the natural object under study. Particularly in the 20th century, and especially since the tremen- dous success and influence of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, a much more engaged and activist type of environmentalist nature writing has come to the fore, being written by such people as Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, Wendell Berry, and many others. Critics such as Lawrence Buell and John Elder have argued that the Anglo-American tradition of nature writing begins with amateur natural history writing, such as the works of Beverly, Bartram, White, and of paramount influence, Thoreau. Such amateur natural history was quickly replaced in American and Euro- pean circles in the 19th century by professional scientific and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Organization & Environment SAGE

Introduction to Japanese Environmental Activist Writing

Murphy, Patrick D.
Organization & Environment , Volume 12 (1): 2 – Mar 1, 1999
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ORGANIZATION & ENVIRO Murphy NMENT / INTR / March ODUCTION 1999 TO JAPANESE ACTIVIST WRITING INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST WRITING PATRICK D. MURPHY Indiana University of Pennsylvania any people have argued that there exists in English-speaking litera- M ture a particular type of prose known as “nature writing.” It is gener- ally defined as nonfictional prose attentive to natural detail. Some of this nature writing is basically descriptive, with little attention to human-rest of nature rela- tionships or larger environmental concerns than those represented by the natural object under study. Particularly in the 20th century, and especially since the tremen- dous success and influence of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, a much more engaged and activist type of environmentalist nature writing has come to the fore, being written by such people as Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, Wendell Berry, and many others. Critics such as Lawrence Buell and John Elder have argued that the Anglo-American tradition of nature writing begins with amateur natural history writing, such as the works of Beverly, Bartram, White, and of paramount influence, Thoreau. Such amateur natural history was quickly replaced in American and Euro- pean circles in the 19th century by professional scientific and

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