The Wilderness Condition

by Gary Snyder (Contributor), Paul Shepard (Contributor), Max Oelschlaeger (Editor)

Gary Snyder, Paul Shepard, and Dolores La Chapelle are among the 10 contributors of essays about the conflict between environmental integrity and wilderness values on one hand, and the demands of civilization on the other. No index. Available in a paper edition (1-55963-190-2) from Island Press for $16. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

345 pages, Hardcover

First published April 28, 1992

About the author

Gary Snyder is an American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. His early poetry has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance and he has been described as the "poet laureate of Deep Ecology". Snyder is a winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the American Book Award. His work, in his various roles, reflects an immersion in both Buddhist spirituality and nature. He has translated literature into English from ancient Chinese and modern Japanese. For many years, Snyder was an academic at the University of California, Davis, and for a time served as a member of the California Arts Council.

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[Bender · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sunt assumenda nam nostrum omnis maxime. Neque omnis cupiditate. Commodi culpa perferendis ad deserunt fuga.