My Intro to Literature class explored how a disconnect from nature leads to existential anguish while opening themselves up to nature provides spiritual nourishment.
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Tag Archives: Barbara Kingsolver
The Peace of Wild Things
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Ancient Mariner, "Egrets", "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", "Killing the Trees", "Peace of Wild Things", All the Pretty Horses, Bacchae, Ceremony, Cormac McCarthy, Euripides, Flight Behavior, Leslie Marmon Silko, Lucille Clifton, Mary Oliver, Midsummer Night's Dream, Nature, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, spiritual healing, Wendell Berry, William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth | Comments closed
Kingsolver Tries to Save the Planet
I’m not entirely sure what to make of Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior (2012), which I’m currently teaching in my Introduction to Literature class. It fits well with my theme, which is “Humans in Nature,” and I certainly agree with Kingsolver’s point that climate change is one of the greatest dangers facing humankind. I just have […]
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Monarch Butterflies in Danger
Barbara Kingsolver’s “Flight Behavior” warns of the threat to monarch butterflies.
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Endangered Species, Flight Behavior, habitat destruction, monarch butterflies, Nature | Comments closed
Feeling the Pinch During the Holidays
Barbara Kingsolver gives a vivid depiction of life for the working poor during the holiday season.
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Flight Behavior, government aid, poverty, Unemployment | Comments closed
Kingsolver on Anti-Communist Hysteria
Barbara Kingsolver’s novel “Lacuna” warns us what happens when surveillance of innocent people gets used to ruin careers.
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