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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807160203321

Titolo

Environmental criticism for the twenty-first century / / edited and introduced by Stephanie LeMenager, Teresa Shewry, and Ken Hiltner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-71050-7

1-283-44189-6

9786613441898

1-136-71051-5

0-203-81491-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

HiltnerKen

LeMenagerStephanie <1968->

ShewryTeresa

Disciplina

809/.9336

Soggetti

Ecocriticism

Environmental protection in literature

Environmental policy in literature

Nature conservation in literature

Ecology in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Science -- pt. 2. History -- pt. 3. Scale.

Sommario/riassunto

Environmental Criticism for the Twenty-First Century showcases the recent explosive expansion of environmental criticism, which is actively transforming three areas of broad interest in contemporary literary and cultural studies: history, scale, and science. With contributors engaging texts from the medieval period through the twenty-first century, the collection brings into focus recent ecocritical concern for the long durations through which environmental imaginations have been shaped. Contributors also address problems of scale, including environmental institutions and imaginati