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The practice of the wild : essays / Gary Snyder ; with a new introduction by Robert Hass.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, [2020]Edition: 30th-anniversary editionDescription: xxx, 205 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781640094215
  • 1640094210
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 814/.54 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3569.N88 P7 2020
Contents:
The etiquette of freedom -- The place, the region, and the commons -- Tawny grammar -- Good, wild, sacred -- Blue mountains constantly walking -- Ancient forests of the far West -- On the path, off the trail -- The woman who married a bear -- Survival and sacrament.
Summary: Featuring a new introduction by Robert Hass, the nine captivatingly meditative essays in The Practice of the Wild display the deep understanding and wide erudition of Gary Snyder in the ways of Buddhist belief, wildness, wildlife, and the world. These essays, first published in 1990, stand as the mature centerpiece of Snyder's work and thought, and this profound collection is widely accepted as one of the central texts on wilderness and the interaction of nature and culture.
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Book Book Sonoma Academy Library 814.54 SNY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 05/24/2024 188873
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The etiquette of freedom -- The place, the region, and the commons -- Tawny grammar -- Good, wild, sacred -- Blue mountains constantly walking -- Ancient forests of the far West -- On the path, off the trail -- The woman who married a bear -- Survival and sacrament.

Featuring a new introduction by Robert Hass, the nine captivatingly meditative essays in The Practice of the Wild display the deep understanding and wide erudition of Gary Snyder in the ways of Buddhist belief, wildness, wildlife, and the world. These essays, first published in 1990, stand as the mature centerpiece of Snyder's work and thought, and this profound collection is widely accepted as one of the central texts on wilderness and the interaction of nature and culture.

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