Nature prose : writing in ecological crisis /

'Nature Prose' seeks to explain the popularity and appeal of contemporary writing about nature. This book intervenes in key areas of contemporary debate about literature and the environment and explores the enduring appeal of writing about nature during an ecological crisis. Using a range...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Head, Dominic
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
'Nature Prose' seeks to explain the popularity and appeal of contemporary writing about nature. This book intervenes in key areas of contemporary debate about literature and the environment and explores the enduring appeal of writing about nature during an ecological crisis. Using a range of international examples, with a focus on late 20th- and early 21st-century writing from Britain and the US, Dominic Head argues that nature writing contains formal effects which encapsulate our current ecological dilemma and offer a fresh resource for critical thinking. The environmental crisis has injected a fresh urgency into nature writing, along with a new piquancy for those readers seeking solace in the nonhuman, or for those looking to change their habits in the face of ecological catastrophe.
Umfang:
1 online resource (236 pages)
Anmerkungen:
This edition also issued in print: 2022.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-269844-3
0-19-196723-8
0-19-269843-5
Schlagworte:
Ecoliterature > History and criticism.
Nature in literature.
Ecology in literature.
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