LEADER 02823oam 2200685I 450 001 9910464905703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-317-14641-7 010 $a1-317-14640-9 010 $a1-315-57864-6 010 $a1-4094-0158-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315578644 035 $a(CKB)3710000000087006 035 $a(EBL)1610026 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001108113 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12482318 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001108113 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11086086 035 $a(PQKB)10157672 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1610026 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5293964 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1610026 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10834474 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL919050 035 $a(OCoLC)870245564 035 $a(OCoLC)952728741 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5293964 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL586245 035 $a(OCoLC)874156554 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000087006 100 $a20180706e20162014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEcocriticism and the idea of culture $ebiology and the bildungsroman /$fHelena Feder 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (188 p.) 300 $aFirst published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing. 311 $a1-4094-0157-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Biology and the Idea of Culture; 2 Candide and the Dialectic of Enlightenment; 3 Ecocriticism and the Production of Monstrosity in Frankenstein; 4 Placing Modernity in Orlando; 5 Consuming Culture in A Small Place and Among Flowers; 6 Conclusion: Dehumanization, Animality, and the Bildungsroman; Bibliography; Index 330 $aArguing that the Bildungsroman is humanist culture's own origin story, Feder draws on the work of biologists in her examination of works by Voltaire, Mary Shelley, Virginia Woolf and Jamaica Kincaid. She dramatizes Western culture's own awareness of the instability of the binary of nature and culture, making a timely intervention in the ongoing culture-nature debate, bridging the gap between cultural theory and biologically grounded research. 606 $aBildungsromans$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEcology in literature 606 $aNature in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBildungsromans$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEcology in literature. 615 0$aNature in literature. 676 $a809.3/9353 700 $aFeder$b Helena.$0998489 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464905703321 996 $aEcocriticism and the idea of culture$92290471 997 $aUNINA