自然書寫

自然書寫（英語：Nature writing），是關於自然環境的非虛構寫作、小說、散文或詩歌。自然書寫的範疇，從強調自然歷史事實的野外指南，到具備哲學性的作品，諸如：自然歷史散文、詩歌、有關孤獨或逃避的散文、旅行記事和冒險寫作。

當代的自然書寫，可以追溯到18世紀下半葉和19世紀流行的自然歷史著作。早期的代表人物吉爾伯‧懷特 ，是英國牧師、鳥類學家兼早期博物學家，代表作品是《塞耳彭自然史》（The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, 1789）。

巴垂恩是美國早期博物學家的代表人物，第一部著作於1791年出版。

參見

• 自然
• 自然史
• 生態批評
• 生態烏托邦

參考

延伸閱讀

• Finch, Robert, and John Elder, eds. The Norton Book of Nature Writing. New York: Norton, 1990; Nature writing: the tradition in English. edited by Robert Finch and John Elder. New York: W.W. Norton, c2002. This book is an all encompassing guide and encyclopedia of 200 years of nature writing.
• Keith, W. J., The Rural Tradition: William Cobbett, Gilbert White, and Other Non-Fiction Writers of the English Countryside. Hassocks, Sussex: Harvester, 1975. This book has a useful bibliography. In addition, this book goes over specific parts of nature writing, including landscape, pastoral and country life literature.
• Lyon, Thomas J., ed. This Incomparable Land: A Book of American Nature Writing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. This book is an introduction guide to the genre. It goes over the vastness of the genre and American writing within the genre.
• Lillard, Richard G. The Nature Book in Action. The English Journal (National Council of Teachers of English). April 1973, 62 (4): 537–48. JSTOR 813109. doi:10.2307/813109.  This textbook styled book mainly consists of the history behind nature writing.
• Mabey, Richard, The Oxford Book of Nature Writing. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. This piece also goes over the magnitude of this genre and presents essays from varying nature authors.
• Stewart, Frank, A Natural History of Nature Writing. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1994. This books concentrates on the origins of American nature writing.
• Trimble, Stephen, "Words From the Land: Encounters with Natural History Writing". Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1995 (revised edition). ISBN 978-0874172645. This book is a representative collection of essays which goes over the contemporary part of nature writing.

外部連結

• William Bartram's early Southern travels (archived 25 July 2011)
• Audubon's Birds of America at the U. of Pittsburgh （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
• Audubon, John James. Birds of America 6. New York: J. J. Audubon. 1843. 
• Land Lines: British Nature Writing, 1789–2014 （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） (AHRC funded research project exploring British nature writing from the late eighteenth century to the present).