Nature writing is a literary genre of nonfiction, and occasionally fiction or poetry, about the natural environment, typically drawing on scientific observation alongside personal or philosophical reflection. It spans a wide range of forms, from technical field guides and natural history documentation to introspective essays and travel narratives concerned with the outdoors. The contemporary tradition traces to eighteenth-century natural history writing, with the English naturalist Gilbert White's observational work helping to establish the genre's foundations.
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Place of Origin Notable ExampleNatural History and Antiquities of Selborne, by Gilbert White (1789) 1 Defining TraitNonfiction or fiction prose about the natural environment blending scientific observation with personal reflection 1 Connections
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Source Rachel Carson (Wikipedia)
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1. Nature Writing (Wikipedia)
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He is best known for writing Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789).
Wikipedia article Nature writing, Early history section
Gilbert White was an English ecologist, who expressed encouragement towards an increased respect for nature.
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nonfiction or fiction prose about the natural environment
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Bureau of Fisheries, and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s.
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