Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Ecocriticism, a field of study that has expanded dramatically over the past decade, has nevertheless remained--until recently--closely focused on critical analyses of nature writing and literature of wilderness. Karla Armbruster and Kathleen R. Wallace push well beyond that established framework with this groundbreaking collection of essays by respected ecocritics and scholars from the literary and environmental arenas. Together, their work signals a new direction in the field and offers refreshingly original insights into a broad spectrum of texts.
Synopsis
Beyond Nature Writing is a stimulating, challenging, lively, and informative book--an impressive gathering of essays that delineate the expanding boundaries of the emerging field of ecocriticism--that will be of great use to scholars and teachers with an interest in literature and environmental studies. --John Tallmadge, The Union Institute, author of Meeting the Tree of Life: A Teacher's Path Many of these essays are quite lovely, and John Elder's is worth the price of the volume all by itself. --Bill McKibben, Harvard University, author of The End of Nature