Beyond romantic ecocriticism : toward urbanatural roosting / Ashton Nichols.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichols, Ashton, 1953-

Series:

Nineteenth-century major lives and letters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Nature in literature.

Natural history in literature.

Human ecology in literature.

Philosophy of nature.

Urban ecology (Biology).

Ecocriticism.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Contents:

Prologue: urbanatural roosting

Spring, vernal roosting: romantic ecocriticism: March: a new urbanatural year & the history of natural history; April: poetry and science & nature as culture, culture as society; May: species science & saving cities, saving tigers

Summer, estival roosting: ecocriticism: June: vestiges of time & Thoreau and urbanature; July: wild animals have no souls & ecomorphic urbanature; August: the loves of plants and animals & romantic poetry and pleasures of nature

Fall, autumnal roosting: urbanature: September: from natural pleasure to natural pain & a perfect bird, a perfect poem; October: hawks I have watched & urbanatural roosting on display; November: science and poetry & a hard rain's gonna fall

Winter, hibernal roosting: beyond romantic ecocriticism: December: zoos: romantic rhinos and Victorian vipers; January: displaying human beings & romantic urbanature; February: death and dying & ecomorphic ecocentrism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230102675

0230102670

OCLC:

657600111