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Series
Handbooks of English and American Studies volume Volume 2
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Ecocriticsim is the study of literature and the environment from an interdisciplinary point of view, coming together to analyze the environment and determine possible solutions for the correction of the contemporary environmental situation. The discipline was heralded by publication of The Ecocrticism Reader (U Georgia, 1996) and Lawrence Buell's The Environmental Imagination (Harvard, 1995). Recently, all kinds of "texts" have been subjected to...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In this heuristic study, I explore how four ecological writers, or wild writers, experience Nature. I identify with and participate in this inquiry because I am an ecological writer searching to understand my relationship to the natural world. That relationship begins in primary experience. The term "Nature" core to this exploration includes interactions of all dispositions of Gaia, organic and inorganic, human and not human, constructed by humans...
13) American studies, ecocriticism, and citizenship: thinking and acting in the local and global commons
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Publisher
Trinity University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"An anthology of American poetry about nature and the environment, divided into a historical section with poetry written from roughly the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century and a contemporary section with over 300 poems written since 1960 by a diverse group of more than 170 poets. Introduction by Robert Hass"--Provided by publisher.
15) The natural world in Latin American literatures: ecocritical essays on twentieth century writings
Publisher
McFarland & Co., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"This volume advances the ecocritical conversation among Latin Americanists, furthering insight into the relationship between humans and their environments, transcending national boundaries by addressing diverse regions. The forms of environmental criticism practiced converge with literary history, aesthetic theory, postcolonialism, and Marxism, broadening the ecocritical approach and providing a strong overview to this growing critical movement"--Provided...
16) Walking in the land of many gods: remembering sacred reason in contemporary environmental literature
Author
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English