Journal Article

Awakening Ecological Consciousness in Conrad Richter's Ohio Trilogy

Cotugno, Marianne

2023

نظرة عامة

The environmental concerns of Richter's fiction are the concerns of the early 20th century and many expressed in Richter's novels echo [Aldo] Leopold's own. Richter dramatizes the effects of deforestation, poor land management, predator control, and overhunting. Although the trilogy begins with a depiction of settlers' minds narrowing, as Leopold asserts, by the end, a transformation has taken place, not merely of the land but of Sayward, the trilogy's protagonist, who embraces a more ecological point of view. Ultimately, the trilogy argues for the need for ecological balance in our relationship with the natural world.

• الناشر: Johns Hopkins University Press
• موضوع: 18th century / 20th century / American history / American literature / Birds / Consciousness / Ecology / Environmental protection / Fiction / Forests / Human influences / Leopold, Aldo (1886-1948) / Nostalgia / Novels / Richter, Conrad (1890-1968) / Wildlife conservation