Hunting nature : : Ivan Turgenev and the organic world / / Thomas P. Hodge.

This volume explores Ivan Turgenev's relationship to nature through his conception, description, and practice of hunting - the most unquenchable passion of his life. Informed by an ecocritical perspective, the book takes an approach that is equal parts interpretive and documentarian, grounding...

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Superior document:Cornell scholarship online
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca ;, London : : Cornell University Press,, 2021.
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Cornell scholarship online.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Notes:Previously issued in print: 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The Hunting Writer : An Ecocritical Approach
  • Catching Nature by the Tail
  • The Gun Before the Lyre : Turgenev Afield
  • "A Different Kind of Game" : Notes of a Hunter
  • Thinking Oneself into Nature : The Aksakov Reviews and Their Aftermath
  • Nature and Nidification : "Journey to the Forest-Belt," Rudin, A Gentry Nest
  • Life at the Lek : On the Eve, "First Love," Fathers and Children
  • Conclusion : "I'm a Sportsman": Deviations and Doubt.