LEADER 03327nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910452420803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7391-7159-3 010 $a1-299-14880-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000001000909 035 $a(EBL)1117175 035 $a(OCoLC)828423743 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000822713 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12358147 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822713 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10757377 035 $a(PQKB)10018308 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1117175 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1117175 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10660088 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL446130 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001000909 100 $a20121002d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWords for a small planet$b[electronic resource] $eecocritical views /$fedited by Nanette Norris 210 $aLanham, Md. $cLexington Books$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (235 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-7158-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWords for a Small Planet; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Ecocritical Spring and Evolutionary Discourse; 1. Imaginary Representations and Cultural Performances of Ecocriticism; 2. Ecological Narrative or Imperial Exploitation: What's the "Monster" in Animal Planet's River Monsters?; 3. The Representation of Nature:An Ecocritical Reading of Juan Leo?n Mera's Cumanda?; 4. Nature Versus War in Letters From the Front, 1914-1918; 5. A Passage to India: An Ecocritical Reading; 6. Nature, Women, and the Ecotext: Self-Discovery in Emily Nasrallah's Short Stories "The Cocoon" and "The Butterfly" 327 $a7. Jerusalem in the Poems of Tamim Al-Barghouthi and Yehuda Amichai8. Omumu Concept of Begetting: A Pro-feminist Lesson from Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart; 9. The Legacy of the American War in Vietnam: Tim O'Brien's "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong"; 10. National Narrative as Wilderness: An Ecocritical Interpretation of Civilizacio?n y barbarie in Modern Argentine Literature; 11. Unnatural Appetites and the Case of the Cannibal in Korean Cinema; 12. Is "Eco" Enough?: Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, Wayland Drew's The Erthring Cycle, and Evolutionary Fiction; Bibliography 327 $aRecommended ReadingIndex; About the Editor; About the Contributors 330 $aScholars have begun critically assessing the relationship of modern environmental science, including the study of ecology, to the creation and study of art and culture. In this volume, the voices come from around the globe-some tentative in the stirring of conscious entwinement, other voices, strident and forthright, foresee a grim future, for the planet, for our humanity, as our impositions and consumptions have made monsters of us all and stripped us of our essence, the heart of what it is to be human. 606 $aEcocriticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEcocriticism. 676 $a809/.93355 701 $aNorris$b Nanette$0864921 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452420803321 996 $aWords for a small planet$91930492 997 $aUNINA