Literature as cultural ecology : sustainable texts / Hubert Zapf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zapf, Hubert, 1948- author.

Series:

Environmental cultures series.

Environmental Cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, 2016.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

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.

Contents:

1. Cultural ecology and literary studies

2. Ecocriticism and cultural ecology

3. Literature as cultural ecology

4. Transdisciplinary contexts of a cultural ecology of literature.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Creative Commons. CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781474274661

1474274668

9781474274685

1474274684

9781474274678

1474274676

OCLC:

936204584