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James Canton


Born
England
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Literature


James Canton teaches the Wild Writing MA course at the University of Essex, exploring the fascinating ties between literature and the landscape of East Anglia. He has run workshops to encourage writing on nature and landscape and is the author of Out of Essex: Re-Imagining a Literary Landscape, which was inspired by rural wanderings in the county.

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Average rating: 3.92 · 3,121 ratings · 441 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors
The Literature Book: Big Id...
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The Oak Papers
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The Extreme Future: The Top...
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Ancient Wonderings
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Grounded: A Journey into th...
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Future Smart: Managing the ...
3.43 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2015 — 14 editions
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Renaturing: Small Ways to W...
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Out of Essex: Re-Imagining ...
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From Cairo to Baghdad: Brit...
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“literature continues to satisfy a spiritual or psychological need, and open readers’ minds to the world and its extraordinary variety.”
― James Canton, The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
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“The Stone Age did not end for lack of stone. And the Oil Age will end log before the world runs out of oil”
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“Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of human need for it, and it has not changed except to become more needed.”
― James Canton, The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
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