Rachel Carson - A Literary Companion

Rachel Carson was a marine biologist credited with the founding of the ecology movement and the rise in ecofeminism. One of her most popular works was Silent Spring, which challenged the use of DDT (an insecticide infamous for its negative environmental effects) and questioned the claims of modern industry. Carson also wrote essays, reviews, articles, and speeches to educate the public about the impacts of chemical pollutants on both the environment and the human body. This literary companion provides readers with Carson's key messages via an A-to-Z index of topics discussed in her works including carcinogens, endangered species, and radioactivity.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments deletev

Preface

Introduction

A Chronology of Rachel Carson's Life and Works

The Carson Genealogy

The Literary Companion

Appendix I: Glossary

Appendix II: A Guide to Writing, Art and Research Topics

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Mary Ellen Snodgrass is an award-winning author of English and Latin textbooks and reference works for 35 years. She taught at Hickory High School and Lenoir Rhyne University in North Carolina for 23 years. Her writing focuses on women's and world literature and history and general research topics, including epidemics, the history of money, clothing, food, and dance. She lives in Hickory, North Carolina.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Snodgrass Mary Ellen
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.2021
• EAN: 9781476683126
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-8312-6
• No. of pages: 341
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: McFarland Literary Companions
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Literary reference works, Environmentalist thought and ideology, biologist; ecology; Silent Spring; DDT