LEADER 04423nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910778019903321 005 20221108102118.0 010 $a1-282-49377-9 010 $a9786612493775 010 $a0-7391-3175-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000785898 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23062214 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000777179 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12369952 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777179 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10766706 035 $a(PQKB)10832463 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000142866 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12003491 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000142866 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10097576 035 $a(PQKB)11369333 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC467224 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL467224 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10353707 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL249377 035 $a(OCoLC)435630948 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000785898 100 $a20090106d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEcocritical explorations in literary and cultural studies$b[electronic resource] $efences, boundaries, and fields /$fPatrick D. Murphy 210 $aLanham $cLexington Books$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (230 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7391-3174-5 311 $a0-7391-3173-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-207) and index. 327 $aChapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Climbing Through Conceptual Fences Chapter 3 The Complexity of Simplicity Chapter 4 Difference and Responsibility in Literary Alternatives to Nation State Chapter 5 Paradise or a Pair of Dice: Contradictions and Contingencies in Real and Virtual Terrains for Tomorrow's College Students Chapter 6 Toward Transnational Ecocritical Theory: The Example of Hwa Yol Jung Part 7 Surveying the Boundaries of Genre Chapter 8 Nature in the Contemporary American Novel Chapter 9 The Non-alibi of Alien Scapes: SF and Ecocriticism Chapter 10 The Non-alibi of Pragmatic Utopianism and Wild Variability; or, Optimistic Variations on a Science Fiction Theme Chapter 11 Mysteries of Nature and Environmental Justice Part 12 Culturally Crossing the Field Chapter 13 Nature Nurturing Fathers in a World beyond our Control Chapter 14 Scenarios of Disaster: Crying Wolf, Scaring away the Elephants, and Heading 'Em off at the Pass Chapter 15 Hurricanes and Hubris Chapter 16 Ranging Widely to Find Home 330 8 $aIn Ecocritical Explorations, Patrick D. Murphy explores environmental literature and environmental cultural issues through both theoretical and applied criticism. He engages with the concepts of referentiality, simplicity, the nation state, and virtual reality in the first section of the book, and then goes on to interrogate these issues in contemporary environmental literature, both American and international. He concludes his argument with a discussion of the larger frames of family dynamics and un-natural disasters, such as hurricanes and global warming, ending with a chapter on the integration of scholarship and pedagogy in the classroom, with reference to his own teaching experiences. Murphy's study provides a wide ranging discussion of contemporary literature and cultural phenomena through the lens of ecological literary criticism, giving attention to both theoretical issues and applied critiques. In particular, he looks at popular literary genres, such as mystery and science fiction, as well as actual disasters and disaster scenarios. Ecocritical Explorations in Literary and Cultural Studies is a timely contribution to ecological literary criticism and an insightful look into how we represent our relationship with the environment. 606 $aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEcocriticism 606 $aEcology in literature 606 $aPhilosophy of nature in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEcocriticism. 615 0$aEcology in literature. 615 0$aPhilosophy of nature in literature. 676 $a810.9/355 700 $aMurphy$b Patrick D.$f1951-$0291288 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778019903321 996 $aEcocritical explorations in literary and cultural studies$93867190 997 $aUNINA