Buell The Future of Environmental Criticism

Environmental Crisis and Literary Imagination
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5197-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Manifestos

Written by one of the world's leading theorists inecocriticism, this manifesto provides a critical summary of theecocritical movement.
* A critical summary of the emerging discipline of"ecocriticism".
* Written by one of the world's leading theorists inecocriticism.
* Traces the history of the ecocritical movement from its rootsin the 1970s through to its diversification and proliferationtoday.
* Takes account of different ecocritical positions anddirections.
* Describes major tensions within ecocriticism and addressesmajor criticisms of the movement.
* Looks to the future of ecocriticism, proposing that discoursesof the environment should become a permanent part of literary andcultural 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.