The Evolution of Gerald Durrell

Biography of an Author and Wildlife Conservationist

Professor Mary Sanders Pollock (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2024
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-38546-7 (ISBN)

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In The Evolution of Gerald Durrell: A Naturalist's Critical Biography, Mary Sanders Pollock revisits the life and work of Gerald Durrell, one of the most significant environmentalist figures of the 20th century. This new biography tracks Durrell’s evolution from a free-range childhood on Corfu through his time in Africa, South America, and the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Durrell’s early work is described in his numerous travel narratives, but his conservation activities culminated in “the stationary ark,” a conservation zoo on the Isle of Jersey which still plays an important role in global wildlife conservation efforts. This biography situates Durrell’s writing, collecting, and conservation practices within the frameworks of animal studies, conservation biology, and postcolonial history. Familiarizing readers with the broad range of his cultural impact, from The Corfu Trilogy to his BBC television specials, Pollock shows how Durrell’s approach offers models for how life on earth is to thrive and survive: scientists must make greater efforts to touch hearts and minds, and cultural workers must communicate more about science and the perilous existence of other species.

Mary Sanders Pollock is the author of Storytelling Apes: Primatology Narratives Past and Future (2015) and Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning: A Creative Partnership (2003) and editor of two critical anthologies. She is Professor of English Emerita at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, USA, where she has taught British literature, literary theory, and environmental studies; she is past director of the Gender Studies program at that institution.

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Lee Durrell

Introduction
Chapter 1: Corfu
Chapter 2: The Wide World
Chapter 3: Africa
Chapter 4: South America: The Human Factor
Chapter 5: Islomania
Chapter 6: Madagascar and the Mascarenes
Chapter 7: The Zoo
Afterword: How to be Whole

Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	24.08.2024
Zusatzinfo	15 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10	1-350-38546-8 / 1350385468
ISBN-13	978-1-350-38546-7 / 9781350385467
Zustand	Neuware