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UNINA9910495937603321 |
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Aliaga Lavrijsen Jessica |
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Environmental and ecological readings : Nature, human and posthuman Dimensions in Scottisch Literature & Arts (XVIII-XXIe) / / Philippe Laplace |
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Besançon, : Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2020 |
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1 online resource (308 p.) |
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AmblardMarion |
AuerChristian |
BertonJean |
Berton-CharrièreDanièle |
BessonCyril |
BissonSarah |
DuchateauBéatrice |
LaplacePhilippe |
MacKenzieRobin M. J |
ManfrediCamille |
MckimAnne |
RiachAlan |
SmithStewart |
SteelDavid I. A |
SzubaMonika |
TholoniatYann |
WelsteadWilliam |
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English literature - Scottish authors - History and criticism |
Scottish literature - History and criticism |
Nature in literature |
Landscapes in literature |
Scotland |
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The global risks posed by our industrial and post-industrial societies have brought environmental issues to the forefront of reflections and preoccupations in the postmodern world. One critical – and crucial – outcome of this state of affairs is the realization that artistic and literary representations of Nature and the environment need to be studied ever more closely if we are to adequately understand our relationship with our habitat and the impact we have had, and continue to have, on our planet. This volume features seventeen articles from French and international scholars covering a wide range of genres, from eighteenth-century travel writers to contemporary poets, playwrights and novelists. The essays consider Nature and the environment in their relationship to men and women and question how mankind is set to evolve in a contemporary world that is increasingly perceived as posthuman. They show how these concepts have affected Scottish authors and literature produced in Scotland. Presented chronologically, the essays highlight how each of the authors featured may have influenced the ensuing literary tradition. While the first section focuses on eighteenth and nineteenth century Scottish poets, novelists, artists or travel-writers, the second turns its attention to twentieth and twenty-first century authors, with an emphasis on modern and postmodern considerations, including the future of the human species from a posthuman perspective. The collection is particularly noteworthy for its showcasing of previously unpublished material and stands as a significant contribution to arts research in ecocriticism and in the Scottish artistic and literary fields. |
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UNINA9910674009403321 |
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Kress W. John |
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Genetic and Morphological Variation in Tropical and Temperate Plant Species |
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Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (300 p.) |
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Biology, life sciences |
Forestry & related industries |
Research & information: general |
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Plants provide the foundation for the structure and function, as well as interactions, among organisms in both tropical and temperate zone habitats. To date, many investigations have revealed patterns and mechanisms generating plant diversity at various scales and from diverse ecological perspectives. However, in the era of climate change, anthropogenic disturbance, and rapid urbanization, new insights are needed to understand how plant species in these forest habitats are changing and adapting. Investigations of plants in both little-disturbed, more natural environments, as well as in urban areas in which crucial green infrastructure is ever more important for sustaining complex human societies are needed. This Special Issue of Forests will focus on plant variation from the perspectives of morphology, genetics, and function, especially plant interactions with biotic and abiotic factors. Research articles may address any aspect of plant evolution and community phylogenetics (explorations of patterns and mechanisms from diverse organismal levels, e.g., molecular, population, species, community, landscape, and ecosystem), plant functional traits (e.g., nutrient traits of leaf, stem, root; reproductive traits of flower, fruit, seed), and/or responses of plant species to changing environments (e.g., water, atmosphere, soil, human activities). Studies providing |
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quantitative evaluation or description of interactions of plants with animals and microbes, both in natural and urban environments, including terrestrial and aquatic systems, are also welcome. |
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