Ecocriticism in the modernist imagination : Forster, Woolf, and Auden / Kelly Sultzbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sultzbach, Kelly, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970--Criticism and interpretation.

Forster, E. M.

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941--Criticism and interpretation.

Woolf, Virginia.

Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973--Criticism and interpretation.

Auden, W. H.

Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.

Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970.

Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.

English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Nature in literature.

Ecology in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 243 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"Although modernism has traditionally been considered an art of cities, Ecocriticism in the Modernist Imagination claims a significant role for modernist texts in shaping environmental consciousness. Analyzing both canonical and lesser-known works of three key figures--E.M Forster, Virginia Woolf, and W.H. Auden--Sultzbach suggests how the signal techniques of modernism encourage readers to become more responsive to the animate world and non-human minds. Understanding the way these writers represent nature's agency becomes central to interpreting the power dynamics of empire and gender, as well as experiments with language and creativity. The book acknowledges the longer pastoral tradition in literature, but also introduces readers to the newly expanding field of ecocriticism, including philosophies of embodiment and matter, queer ecocriticism, and animal studies. What emerges is a picture of green modernism that reifies our burgeoning awareness of what it means to be human within a larger living community"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107161412

110716141X

OCLC:

947953914