Environmental Lamentation and Hope in American Cultural History, with guest John Gatta, Sewanee: The University of the South

October 10, 2022 00:33:15
Environmental Lamentation and Hope in American Cultural History, with guest John Gatta, Sewanee: The University of the South
Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast
Environmental Lamentation and Hope in American Cultural History, with guest John Gatta, Sewanee: The University of the South

Oct 10 2022 | 00:33:15

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Show Notes

John Gatta is professor emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut and University of the South, Sewanee. At that latter institution he held, for many years, the distinguished William R. Kenan chair of English, and he’s a former guest of the BYU Humanities Center. He’s the author of several books including an elegant, and sobering, book we discuss today, The Saving Grace of America’s Green Jeremiad.

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