Synopses & Reviews
The contemporary environmental crisis asks fundamental questions about culture. Like other radical critiques, environmentalism cuts across academic boundaries and offers a major challenge to existing cultural and political divisions. This is the first book to draw together the rich variety of environmentalist positions--from ecofeminism to deep ecology--and theorize their contribution to critical theory, literature and popular culture. A distinguished cast of contributors explore the theoretical agenda for ecocriticism, present a green rereading of literary history, and look at contemporary culture: from poetry to children’s books and television.
Synopsis
A distinguished cast of contributors explore the theoretical agenda for ecocriticism, present a green rereading of literary history, and look at contemporary culture: from poetry to children’s books and television
About the Author
Richard Kerridge is Lecturer in English and Course Director of the MA in Creative Writing at Bath College of Higher Education.
Neil Sammells is Dean of Humanities and Reader in English at Bath College of Higher Education.
Table of Contents
Part I: Ecocritical Theory * Magpie--SueEllen Campbell * The (Im)possibility of Ecocriticism--Dominic Head * Anotherness and Inhabitation in Recent Multicultural American Literature--Patrick D. Murphy * Poetry and Biodiversity--Jonathan Bate * Body Politics in American Nature Writing--Gretchen Legler *
Part II: Ecocritical History * Acts of God: Providence, the Jeremiad and Environmental Crisis--Barbara White * Crabbe’s Disorderly Nature--John Lucas * Wilde Nature--Neil Sammells * Feathered Women: W. H. Hudson’s ‘Green Mansions’--N. H. Reeve * ‘Silent Spring’ and Sylvia Plath--Tracy Brain *
Part III: Contemporary Writing * Heidegger, Heaney and the Problem of Dwelling--Greg Gerrard * Environmentalism and DeLillo’s ‘White Noise'--Richard Kerridge * The Frontiers of Environmental Justice in Latina and Native American Writing--M. Jimmie Killingsworth and Jacqueline S. Palmer * Children’s Literature and the Environment--Karin Lesnik-Oberstein * Creating the World We Must Save: The Paradox of Nature Documentaries--Karla Armbruster * Index