The Future of Environmental Criticism: Environmental Crisis and Literary Imagination
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Author(s)Lawrence Buell
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN1405124768
ISBN-139781405124768
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Sales Rank781,230
CategoryLiterary Criticism
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Written by one of the world s leading theorists in ecocriticism, this manifesto provides a critical summary of the ecocritical movement.
- A critical summary of the emerging discipline of ecocriticism .
- Written by one of the world s leading theorists in ecocriticism.
- Traces the history of the ecocritical movement from its roots in the 1970s through to its diversification and proliferation today.
- Takes account of different ecocritical positions and directions.
- Describes major tensions within ecocriticism and addresses major criticisms of the movement.
- Looks to the future of ecocriticism, proposing that discourses of the environment should become a permanent part of literary and cultural studies.
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