Ecological thought in German literature and culture / edited by Gabriele Düerbeck, Urte Stobbe, Hubert Zapf, and Evi Zemanek.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dürbeck, Gabriele, editor.

Series:

Ecocritical theory and practice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--History and criticism.

German literature.

Ecology in literature.

Arts.

History.

Germany--Intellectual life.

Germany.

Intellectual life.

Arts--Germany--History.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 449 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017]

Summary:

The volume surveys the contribution of German literature and culture to the evolution of ecological thought. As the field of ecocritical theory and practice expands towards transnational and global dimensions, it is necessary to consider the distinct manifestations of ecological thought in various cultures. In this sense, this volume demonstrates how German literature, philosophy, art, and science have contributed in unique ways to the emergence of ecological thought on a national and transnational scale. It maps the most important and characteristic of these developments both on a theoretical and on a textual-analytical level through five parts discussing proto-ecological thought since early modern times, major theoretical approaches, environmental history, ecocritical case studies, and ecological visions in different media and art forms. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Proto-Ecological Thought 1

1 Cultural History of the Four Elements / Anke Kramer Kramer, Anke 3

2 Goethe's Concept of Nature: Proto-Ecological Model / Heather I. Sullivan Sullivan, Heather I. 17

3 Nature, Language, and Religion: Herder and Beyond / Kate Rigby Rigby, Kate 31

4 Poet and Philosopher: Novalis and Schelling on Nature and Matter / Berbeli Wanning Wanning, Berbeli 43

5 "Calamities for Future Generations": Alexander von Humboldt as Ecologist / Caroline Schawnann Schawnann, Caroline 63

Part II Theoretical Approaches 77

6 Heidegger's Ecological Criticism / Silvio Vietta Vietta, Silvio 79

7 Ecocriticism and the Frankfurt School / Timo Müller Müller, Timo 91

8 The Ethics and Aesthetics of Landscapes / Angelika Krebs Krebs, Angelika 101

9 Beyond Ecological Crisis: Niklas Luhmann's Theory of Social Systems / Hannes Bergthaller Bergthaller, Hannes 119

10 Risk Theory / Benjamin Bühler Bühler, Benjamin 133

11 Cultural Ecology as a Transdisciplinary Paradigm of Literary Studies / Hubert Zapf Zapf, Hubert 145

Part III Environmental History in Germany 159

12 Thinking the Disaster: A Historical Approach / François Walter Walter, François 161

13 Industrial Pollution in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: The Example of Forest Damages Caused by Air Pollution / Martin Bemmann Bemmann, Martin 175

14 Cultural Landscapes in Germany-Continuities, Ruptures, and Stewardship / Werner Konold Konold, Werner 193

15 Environmentalism in Germany since 1900: An Overview / Richard Hölzl Hölzl, Richard 213

16 Substance Stories / Jens Soentgen Soentgen, Jens 231

Part IV Ecocritical Case Studies of German Literature 247

17 From Baroque Pastoral to the Idyll / Jakob C. Heller Heller, Jakob C. 249

18 German Ecopoetry: From "Naturlyrik" (Nature Poetry) and "Ökolyrik" (Environmental Poetry) to Poetry in the Anthropocene / Axel Goodbody Goodbody, Axel 263

19 Elemental Poetics: Material Agency in Contemporary German Poetry / Eri Zemanek Zemanek, Eri 281

20 Grimms' Fairy Tales and its Eco-Poetical Impact on Christa Wolf's Störfall / Urte Stobbe Stobbe, Urte 297

21 German Cold War Bunker Narratives of the 1980s: Painting the Ecological and Human Disaster of Nuclear Annihilation / Wolfgang Lückel Lückel, Wolfgang 315

22 Climate Change Fiction and Ecothrillers in Contemporary German-Speaking Literature / Gabriele Dürbeck Dürbeck, Gabriele 331

Part V Ecological Visions in Painting, Music, Film, and Land Art 347

23 Images and Imaginations: The Perception of German Landscape / Nils Büttner Büttner, Nils 349

24 Beethoven's Natures / Aaron S. Allen Allen, Aaron S. 371

25 Visions of Nature and Ecological Thought in German Feature Films / Matthias Hurst Hurst, Matthias 387

26 Landscape Architecture Inspired by Land Art and Environmental Art / Udo Weilacher Weilacher, Udo 407.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ecological thought in German literature and culture

ISBN:

9781498514927

1498514928

OCLC:

995773570