Extending ecocriticism : crisis, collaboration and challenges in the environmental humanities / edited by Peter Barry and William Welstead.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barry, Peter, editor.

Welstead, William, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecocriticism.

Physical Description:

xiv, 273 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester Univ Press 2017.

Summary:

This book explores the relevance and potential of the still-expanding field of ecocriticism across the wider humanities, at a time when writers and artists are increasingly experimenting with new ways of working and new ways of looking at the world around us. Contributors from across and beyond the humanities interpret the brief in their own way. The collection of essays is wide in scope, and includes contributions from authors across and beyond the humanities, covering such topics as eco-focused writing about death, collaborations between artists, letter carvers and poets, the exploration of 'eco-art', and the application of ecocriticism to professional disciplines such as heritage interpretation and the visualisation of the impact of proposed windfarms. Further essays explore the creative response to the environment across issues ranging from the everyday environmental nuisance of discarded dog mess bags to the science-based climate-change narratives emerging from the Antarctic. Many of the chapters explore subjects from an unconventional point of view. Some visual arts essays take an alternative approach to that of classical narrative art history, while the literary essays often adopt a visual approach to the word, considering site-bound installations and scripts carved in stone as public art. Each chapter will be of special interest to practitioners and students of a particular discipline, and it will also appeal to newcomers and interested enquirers. General readers will find this volume accessible, but it will also prove invaluable to undergraduates and those embarking on a research career in the environmental humanities. Additionally, the book will interest creative writers and artists, helping to inform their collaborative practice. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Ecocriticism extends its boundaries / Peter Barry Barry, Peter, William Welstead Welstead, William 1

2 'I am not afraid to die': contemporary environmental crisis fiction and the post-theory era / Louise Squire Squire, Louise 14

3 Halfway-to-whole things: ecologies of writing and collaboration / Philip Gross Gross, Philip 30

4 'Drawing closer': an ecocritical consideration of collaborative, cross-disciplinary practices of walking, writing, drawing and exhibiting / Harriet Tarlo Tarlo, Harriet, Judith Tucker Tucker, Judith 47

5 ARTlines: three walking artists in Iceland / Patti Lean Lean, Patti 70

6 Nature matters: notes on Ackroyd & Harvey, ecocriticism and praxis / Eve Ropek Ropek, Eve 91

7 The word among stones / Peter Barry Barry, Peter 109

8 Two familiar paths well-travelled / John Darwell Darwell, John 135

9 Aesthetics as ecology, or the question of the form of eco-art / Clive Cazeaux Cazeaux, Clive 149

10 Signs and sentiment in British wildlife art / William Welstead Welstead, William 170

11 Symphonic pastorals redux / Aaron S. Allen Allen, Aaron S. 187

12 Treaty obligations: science and art in Antarctica / Mike Pearson Pearson, Mike 212

13 On-site natural heritage interpretation: an ecocritical reading / William Welstead Welstead, William 227

14 A seamless image: the role of photomontage in the meaning-making of windfarm development / Jean Welstead Welstead, Jean 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781784994396

1784994391

OCLC:

1011661887