Women on Nature: 100+ Voices on Place, Landscape & the Natural World

Women on Nature is an anthology that collects the voices of women from the fourteenth to the twenty-first centuries who have written about the natural world in Britain, Ireland, and the outlying islands of our archipelago. It explores alternative modes of seeing and recording that challenge traditional forms of the genre and showcases the diverse ways in which women have observed and documented the world around them.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 496 pages
Publication date: 12 May 2022
Publisher: Unbound

In recent years, there has been a significant surge in writing about place, landscape, and the natural world. However, women's voices have remained relatively underrepresented within this discourse. This anthology seeks to rectify that by gathering the diverse perspectives of women from the fourteenth to the twenty-first centuries, who have explored and documented the natural world in Britain, Ireland, and the surrounding islands of our archipelago.

While traditional forms of writing such as travelogues, walking guides, and books on birds, plants, and wildlife have dominated the genre, Women on Nature embraces alternative modes of observation and documentation that challenge conventional approaches. Katharine Norbury has scoured a wide range of sources, including women's fiction, poetry, biography, gardening diaries, and recipe books, to uncover accounts from artists, farmers, theologians, and natural scientists.

The anthology showcases a rich tapestry of women's experiences and observations of the natural world. It spans from the spiritual revelations of Julian of Norwich in the fourteenth century to the travel journals of Celia Fiennes in the seventeenth century, and includes a host of twenty-first-century voices such as Sarah Evans, Sinéad Gleeson, Kathleen Jamie, Jackie Kay, Rachel Lichtenstein, Amy Liptrot, Helen Mort, Anita Sethi, and many more.

Women on Nature offers a fresh and invigorating perspective on the natural world, shedding light on the ways in which women have engaged with and interpreted their surroundings. It holds immense significance in terms of women's history and the broader history of writing about nature. By amplifying women's voices and perspectives, this anthology contributes to a more inclusive and diverse understanding of our natural world and its rich tapestry of stories.

Weight: 432g
Dimension: 130 x 197 x 41 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800181410