Buch, Englisch, Band 327, 212 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 135 mm x 210 mm
Reihe: American Studies
Buch, Englisch, Band 327, 212 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 135 mm x 210 mm
Reihe: American Studies
ISBN: 978-3-8253-9649-7
Verlag: Carl Winter
Jonas Müller explores climate anxiety from a perspective that combines insights from psychological research with literary theory, tracing the affective presence of climate change in the contemporary American novel. Fictional narratives are theorized as both mirrors of anxieties around the climate crisis, as well as emotional laboratories for readers experiencing climate anxiety. What emerges from this discussion is a theory of climate anxiety as a crisis of meaning, which threatens structuring assumptions about everyday life and humanity’s place within the biosphere.