The Future of Environmental Criticism

Environmental Crisis and Literary Imagination
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-4051-2476-8
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 307 g

Written by one of the world’s leading theorists in ecocriticism, this manifesto provides a critical summary of the ecocritical movement.
- A critical summary of the emerging discipline of “ecocriticism”.

- Written by one of the world’s leading theorists in ecocriticism.

- Traces the history of the ecocritical movement from its roots in the 1970s through to its diversification and proliferation today.

- Takes account of different ecocritical positions and directions.

- Describes major tensions within ecocriticism and addresses major criticisms of the movement.

- Looks to the future of ecocriticism, proposing that discourses of the environment should become a permanent part of literary and cultural studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Buell, Lawrence

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgments.

1 The Emergence of Environmental Criticism.

2 The World, the Text, and the Ecocritic.

3 Space, Place, and Imagination from Local to Global.

4 The Ethics and Politics of Environmental Criticism.

5 Environmental Criticism’s Future.

Glossary of Selected Terms.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Lawrence Buell is Professor of English at Harvard University. He is best known for his two previous books on environmental criticism, The Environmental Imagination (1995) and Writing for an Endangered World (2001). His book on Emerson (2003) was also widely admired.