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Book SynopsisRalph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in American nature writing, yet until now readers have had no book devoted to this central theme in his work.
The Best Read Naturalist fills this lacuna, placing several of Emerson's lesser-known pieces of nature writing in conversation with his canonical essays.
Trade Review“This book restores the ‘green’ Emerson to a deservedly prominent place in the narrative of American nature writing. Bringing the ecocritical community into contact with these theoretically rich, nature-focused texts is a vital contribution to contemporary environmental scholarship.” —David M. Roblinson, Oregon State University, author of
Emerson and the Conduct of Life: Pragmatism and Ethical Purpose in the Later Work and
Natural Life: Thoreau’s Worldly Transcendentalism"[I]t is abundantly clear that Branch and Mohs have created a wonderfully handy collection, one whose selection of pieces and editorial framing is very worthy of further investigation by those new to Emerson as well as by seasoned scholars." — ALH Online Review, XIX.1
