Ecocriticism The Essential Reader |
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| Editor:
| Hiltner, Ken |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-50860-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2014 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $68.95 |
Book Description:
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Ecocriticism: The Essential Reader charts the growth of this important field. The first-wave ecocriticism section focuses on key readings from the 1960s to the 1990s. The second-wave ecocriticism section goes on to consider a range of exciting contemporary trends, including environmental justice, aesthetics and philosophy, and globalization.
Readings include the work of:
Ecocriticism: The Essential Reader charts the growth of this important field. The first-wave ecocriticism section focuses on key readings from the 1960s to the 1990s. The second-wave ecocriticism section goes on to consider a range of exciting contemporary trends, including environmental justice, aesthetics and philosophy, and globalization.
Readings include the work of:
- Raymond Williams
- Jonathan Bate
- Timothy Morton
- Ursula Heise
- Lawrence Buell
- Kate Soper
- Cary Wolfe
- and Kate Rigby.
Containing seminal, representative, and contemporary work in the field, this volume and the editorial commentary is designed for use on both undergraduate and postgraduate ecocritical literature courses.