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OverviewIn order to accept the enormous responsibility that comes of being in the world, we must first conceive, in spite of all the obstacles, the state of actually being the world. It is for this reason that John R. Campbell came to the Klamath marshes, a wetland in southern Oregon formed by three ancient, shallow lakes, a vast emptiness that is paradoxically home to an amazing diversity of life, of untold thousands of birds both migratory and resident, of all the interconnected life forms that make up one of North America's richest natural environments. Absence and Light is Campbell's account of his exploration of the marshes and a meditation on the world he found there, on his growing understanding of the physical, emotional, moral, and aesthetic meaning of that world, on his own growth as a man. Through Campbell's eyes, we observe the stirring and astonishing beauty of the marshes and their creatures, and the utter poignancy of their fragility before the heedless ambitions of humankind. This is nature writing at its most profound and moving, writing that in examining and defining the world of nature helps us to understand the very complicated and contradictory realities of being human. Campbell's luminous descriptions and mystical insights will long linger in the reader's memory. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John R. CampbellPublisher: University of Nevada Press Imprint: University of Nevada Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 19.10cm Weight: 0.293kg ISBN: 9780874174960ISBN 10: 0874174961 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 30 April 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAt a time when Americans are coming awake to their environmental catastrophe, John R. Campbell's poems and essays await us, offering as they do sane and insightful Instruction on living in greater harmony with the fragile ecosystem we share. He is a fascinating and necessary writer, whose accomplishments will soon earn him a place in the new generation of remarkably gifted writers on environmental issues. - John Witte, editor, Northwest Review Author InformationJohn R. Campbell's poems and essays have appeared in numerous magazine and journals including Poetry, The Georgia Review, The Threepenny Review, and Sewanee Review. Since moving west from Chicago in the 1970s, he has lived in California, Oregon, and Utah, and has worked as a ranch-hand, tree planter, migrant camp teacher, railroad worker, high school teacher, poetry editor, and, most recently, university instructor. He currently lives in Salt Lake City with his wife and daughter. This is his first book. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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