Literature as cultural ecology : sustainable texts /
"Drawing on the latest debates in ecocritical theory and sustainability studies, Literature as Cultural Ecology: Sustainable Texts outlines a new approach to the reading of literary texts. Hubert Zapf considers the ways in which literature operates as a form of cultural ecology, using language,...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2016.
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| Series: | Environmental cultures series.
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Full text (Emmanuel users only) |
| Summary: | "Drawing on the latest debates in ecocritical theory and sustainability studies, Literature as Cultural Ecology: Sustainable Texts outlines a new approach to the reading of literary texts. Hubert Zapf considers the ways in which literature operates as a form of cultural ecology, using language, imagination and critique to challenge and transform cultural narratives of humanity's relationship to nature. In this way, the book demonstrates the important role that literature plays in creating a more sustainable way of life. Applying this approach to works by writers such as Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Zakes Mda, and Amitav Ghosh, Literature as Cultural Ecology is an essential contribution to the contemporary environmental humanities."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474274678 1474274676 147427465X 9781474274654 1474274668 9781474274661 9781474274685 1474274684 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 1, 2016). |